Of course, it was a bit lazy to just tell you to read the dictionary, but I was hungry and dinner was just ready ;-) Now, what I usually do is draw the rectangle (or roundrect, or oval,...) and then use the Gradient panel to select the gradient type and quickly set the colors; then I use this helper command to finish those linear gradients off for me: ## command FinishLinearGradient pGraphic, pDirection local tGradientA, tLocation, tRectangle local tFrom, tTo, tVia -- put the fillGradient of pGraphic into tGradientA put the location of pGraphic into tLocation put the rectangle of pGraphic into tRectangle if pDirection is "Vertical" then put (item 1 of tLocation),(item 2 of tRectangle) into tFrom put (item 1 of tLocation),(item 4 of tRectangle) into tTo put (item 1 of tRectangle),(item 2 of tRectangle) into tVia else put (item 1 of tRectangle),(item 2 of tLocation) into tFrom put (item 3 of tRectangle),(item 2 of tLocation) into tTo put (item 1 of tRectangle),(item 4 of tRectangle) into tVia end if put tFrom into tGradientA["from"] put tTo into tGradientA["to"] put tVia into tGradientA["via"] set the fillGradient of pGraphic to tGradientA end FinishLinearGradient ## I put it into a helper plugin that's loaded at startup; and then I can just type into the message box: ## FinishLinearGradient the selectedObject, "vertical" ## And everything is set correctly without fiddling with the controls...
HTH, Jan Schenkel ===== Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution <http://www.quartam.com> ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) --- On Sat, 11/14/09, Jan Schenkel <janschen...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Jan Schenkel <janschen...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: How to rotate a graphic > To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com> > Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 8:45 AM > Hi Claus, > > Take a look at the 'fillGradient' property in the > Dictionary. It is an array of different properties of the > gradient which fills your graphic. > Of particular interest are the 'from', 'to and 'via' > sub-properties, as these designate where the gradient starts > and ends, and at what angle. > > You can also rotate the gradient interactively using the > round selection points that show up when you switch to the > Gradient panel in the Inspector palette. > > HTH, > > Jan Schenkel > ===== > Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution > <http://www.quartam.com> > > ===== > "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at > the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) > > > --- On Sat, 11/14/09, Claus Dreischer <cl...@dreischer.de> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > there must be a realy obvious solution, but i can't > see it > > :-/ > > > > I put a gradient on a graphic (type rectangle). > > This gradient is from left to right. > > > > Now i just want to turn it by 90 degrees, so that my > > gradient is from > > top to bottom. > > > > Dictionary gives my "rotate" and "angle", but both > won't do > > the trick. > > > > So, how do i get a gradient from top to bottom? > > > > Regards, > > Claus. > > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution