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Function Reference
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Default value = 0 // Portrait
Return values:
If the function succeeds the return value is 1. If the function fails the return value is 0.
SetOrientationEx
Syntax:
LBOOL pdfSetOrientationEx(
const PPDF* IPDF, // Instance pointer
SI32 Value)
// Orientation of the page
The function changes the orientation of a page, incl. important page properties such as the width
and height, and the coordinate system. The parameter Value must be a multiple of 90 or 0. Positive
values rotate the page clockwise, negative values counter clockwise.
The zero point of the coordinate system is set to the upper left or down left point depending on the
current page coordinate system (top down or bottom up).
When using a landscape paper format the functions GetPageWidth() and GetPageHeight() return
the logical width and height of the page. While the real paper format is not changed the functions
return the paper format as if the page would have a landscape paper format (the width and height
are exchanged).
The coordinate system is also changed so that you can work with the page as if it were not rotated.
Form fields and annotations are automatically rotated with the page; there is no need to rotate them
manually.
Pages which are rotated with this function appear in a viewer application always in the right
orientation. Also if the page is rotated, e.g. by 180 degrees the page is shown as if it were not
rotated.
Notice:
Since landscape or rotated paper formats require a changed coordinate system, care must be taken
into account if further coordinate transformations must be applied. DynaPDF makes sure that one
transformation can be applied without causing errors, e.g. rotating or translating the coordinate
system, but coordinate transformations must not be nested.
Return values:
If the function succeeds the return value is 1. If the function fails the return value is 0.
 

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