AnnotationStampText Property

Returns or sets the format of the stamp text to be placed on an image by a Text Stamp annotation. The stamp text can consist of text, text macro(s), or a combination of both.

Available With

Ö	Imaging for Windows Professional Edition V1.0, V1.1, and V2.0
Ö	Imaging for Windows 95 and 98
Ö	Imaging for Windows NT 4.0

Applies To

Image Annotation Tool Button control, Image Edit control

Syntax

object.AnnotationStampText[=stamp]

Data Type

String

Remarks

Text is placed on the image when one of the following events occurs:

The end user releases the left mouse button on a displayed image
The end user releases the left mouse button on a displayed image
The Draw method is invoked

The stamp text can include the following text macros:

Macro

Description

%b	Alphabetic abbreviation of the month; for example, Jan
%B	Alphabetic full name of the month; for example, January
%d	ASCII numeric day of the month, ranging from 1 to 31
%H	ASCII time in a 24-hour, hh:mm format; where: hh = hour mm = minute
%I	ASCII time in a 12-hour, hh:mm Xm format; where: hh = hour mm = minute Xm = AM or PM
%m	ASCII numeric designation of the month, ranging from 1 to 12 for January through December respectively
%x	Default Windows date format
%X	Default Windows time format
%y	ASCII numeric last two digits of the year; for example, 97 for 1997
%Y	ASCII numeric full year; for example, 1997

Examples

To create an annotation text stamp that displays the current time and date in a 12-hour format, enter:

      Time: %I Date: %d-%B-%y

The resulting annotation text stamp is:

      Time: 10:38 pm Date: 07-November-97

To create an annotation text stamp that displays the current time and date in a 24-hour format, enter:

      Time: %H Date: %d-%B-%y

The resulting annotation text stamp is:

      Time: 22:38 Date: 07-November-97