Positioning text in X and Y

[bielec]

Is there a way of positioning text in a message box or Label. What I mean is that if I have say 4 program objects producing text for display on a single message box. Is it possible to have the 4 separate pieces of text in the 4 corners of the same display screen.

This is typically acheived in other flavours of Basic by positioning the cursor in X and Y then executing a Print statement.

 

[klaus]

You can use a Panel and a Canvas and draw the text with Canvas.DrawText onto the Panel. This allows you to position the text where ever you want with x and y coordinates.

Best regards.

 

[bielec]

Thanks Klaus, that solves my problem.

The Canvas display has complete flexibility and there is a good tutorial on using it in the Beginners guide. The other display "Views" like messagebox etc are actually quite inflexible.