Shape element properties
A wide variety of shaped elements may be placed on a label, and the colour, texture and outline of both foreground and background components of a shape element may be selected using the Shape properties dialog.
Selecting the Shape button in either the foreground or background sections allows the user to select one of the built in shapes from the Shape pallet:
Selecting the Colour button displays the standard Color dialog that allows the shapes display colour to be selected. The shape may also be created using either a Hatch or a Texture paintbrush. Pushing the Hatching button allows the style of hatching to be selected from the Hatchstyle pallet.
The colour used for the hatching is the colour selected for the shape; the second colour (ie. the hatch background) may be chosen by pushing the Hatch colour button.
Shapes may also be drawn using a brush made from a small bitmap. Pushing the Bitmap button allows the user to load a graphic file or paste an image into the preview box:
On accepting the image by pushing the OK button the Shape previe box display the current shape using a paintbrush made from the specified image.
The outline of a shape may be drawn with a line thickness specified in the Outline pen edit box (using the units displayed in the Units box), and the line style may be selected from the drop-down style list. The outline clour may be selected by pushing the Colour button in the Outline pen section.
For example:
