ScaleLeft

Return or set the horizontal (ScaleLeft) and vertical (ScaleTop) coordinates for the left and top edges of an object when using graphics methods or when positioning controls.

Syntax

object.ScaleLeft [= value]

object.ScaleTop [= value]

The parts of the ScaleLeft and ScaleTop property syntaxes are described in the following table.

Part	Description
object	An object expression that evaluates to an object.
value	A numeric expression specifying the horizontal or vertical coordinate. The default is 0.

Remarks

Using these properties and the related ScaleHeight and ScaleWidth properties, you can set up a full coordinate system with both positive and negative coordinates. These four Scale properties interact with the ScaleMode property in the following ways:

Setting any other Scale property to any value automatically sets ScaleMode to 0. A ScaleMode of 0 is user-defined.
Setting the ScaleMode property to a number greater than 0 changes ScaleHeight and ScaleWidth to the new unit of measurement and sets ScaleLeft and ScaleTop to 0. The CurrentX and CurrentY property settings change to reflect the new coordinates of the current point.

You can also use the Scale method to set the ScaleHeight, ScaleWidth, ScaleLeft, and ScaleTop properties in one statement.

Note The ScaleLeft and ScaleTop properties are not the same as the Left and Top properties.