AnnGetDistance2 method (Annotation Control)

Builder Syntax	int AnnGetDistance2(HANNOBJECT hObject)
Delphi Syntax	AnnGetDistance2 (hObject: HANNOBJECT): L_INT
Overview	Refer to Implementing Annotations.

Remarks

(Document/Medical only) Gets the length of each ruler that makes up an object, and the total length of all rulers.

This method works only for the following objects:

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_RULER

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_PROTRACTOR

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_CROSSPRODUCT

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_POLYRULER

The ANNOBJECT_POLYRULER object is composed of a variable number of rulers. The other ruler objects are composed of a predetermined number of rulers, as follows:

ANNOBJECT_RULER always has one distance.

ANNOBJECT_PROTRACTOR and ANNOBJECT_CROSSPRODUCT always have two distances.

ANNOBJECT_POLYRULER can have from one to any number of distances.

This method will update the properties listed below with information about the ruler(s) contained in the specified object:

AnnTotalDistance property

AnnTotalRulerUnit property

AnnTotalSmartUnit property

AnnDistance property

AnnRulerUnit property

AnnSmartUnit property

AnnDistanceCount property

Elements:	AnnTotalDistance property, AnnTotalRulerUnit property, AnnTotalSmartUnit property, AnnDistance property, AnnRulerUnit property, AnnSmartUnit property, AnnDistanceCount property
Topics:	Annotations: Object Manipulation
	Using Rulers in Annotation Objects
	New Annotation Features of Version 14.5