TICK: Tick Marks and Labels Format (101Eh)

This record defines tick mark and tick label formatting.

Record Data — BIFF8

Offset

Name

Size

Contents

4

tktMajor

1

Type of major tick mark
0 = invisible (none)
1 = inside of axis line
2 = outside of axis line
3 = cross axis line

5

tktMinor

1

Type of minor tick mark
0 = invisible (none)
1 = inside of axis line
2 = outside of axis line
3 = cross axis line

6

tlt

1

Tick label position relative to axis line
0 = invisible (none)
1 = low end of plot area
2 = high end of plot area
3 = next to axis

7

wBkgMode

1

Background mode:
1 = transparent
2 = opaque

8

rgb

4

Tick-label text color; RGB value, high byte = 0

12

(reserved)

16

Reserved; must be zero

28

grbit

2

Display flags

30

icv

2

Index to color of tick label

32

(reserved)

2

Reserved; must be zero


The grbit field contains the following option flags.

Offset

Bits

Mask

Name

Contents

0

0

01h

fAutoCo

Automatic text color

0

1

02h

fAutoMode

Automatic text background

0

4 – 2

1Ch

rot

= 0 no rotation (text appears left-to-right)
= 1 text appears top-to-bottom, letters are upright
= 2 text is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise
= 3 text is rotated 90 degrees clockwise


Offset

Bits

Mask

Name

Contents

0

5

20h

fAutoRot

Automatic rotation

0

7 – 6

C0h

(reserved)

Reserved; must be zero

1

7 – 0

FFh

(reserved)

Reserved; must be zero


Record Data — BIFF7 and earlier

Offset

Name

Size

Contents

4

tktMajor

1

Type of major tick mark
0 = invisible (none)
1 = inside of axis line
2 = outside of axis line
3 = cross axis line

5

tktMinor

1

Type of minor tick mark
0 = invisible (none)
1 = inside of axis line
2 = outside of axis line
3 = cross axis line

6

tlt

1

Tick label position relative to axis line
0 = invisible (none)
1 = low end of plot area
2 = high end of plot area
3 = next to axis

7

wBkgMode

1

Background mode:
1 = transparent
2 = opaque

8

rgb

4

Tick-label text color; RGB value, high byte = 0

12

(reserved)

16

Reserved; must be zero

28

grbit

2

Display flags


The grbit field contains the following option flags.

Offset

Bits

Mask

Name

Contents

0

0

01h

fAutoCo

Automatic text color

0

1

02h

fAutoMode

Automatic text background

0

4 – 2

1Ch

rot

= 0 no rotation (text appears left-to-right)
= 1 text appears top-to-bottom, letters are upright
= 2 text is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise
= 3 text is rotated 90 degrees clockwise

0

5

20h

fAutoRot

Automatic rotation

0

7 – 6

C0h

(reserved)

Reserved; must be zero

1

7 – 0

FFh

(reserved)

Reserved; must be zero