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show('This is shadowed text')

margin(.98,.98) %Offset margins slightly

setstyle(&bluefont) %Bluefont must already exist

show('This is shadowed text')

ShowLeftRight (procedure)

Displays a string of characters, in inches, using a specified width.

Syntax

showleftright( text, width )

Arguments

text

String value to be displayed.

width

Measure value representing the amount of horizontal space to use for displaying the string. showleftright adjusts the amount

of spaces between characters to insure the string fits exactly within the specified width.

Code Sample Example

This example shows how to fit strings of different sizes within the same box that has a width of 3 inches.

Example

margin(0,0)

rectstroke(0,0,3,3)

moveto(0,0.5)

showleftright('This fits well inside the box',3)

crlf(0.1599)

showleftright('But this one is a little more tight',3)

Show / ShowCenter / ShowRight (procedure)

These three commands are used to display simple text on the document. They are identical in all aspects, except in the way

they behave relative to the current margin settings: show uses the margin as a starting point to extend the string to the right;

showright uses the margin as the ending point of the string; and showcenter extends the string equally on both sides of

the margin. These commands are equivalent to print, echo or write commands in other scripting languages.