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TPrinterCanvas.TopMargin property

Member of TPrinterCanvaspublicIn unit Printers

The size of the margin at the top of the canvas.

Declaration

pascal
property TopMargin: Integer read GetTopMargin write FTopMargin;

Description

TopMargin is an Integer property which contains the size for the area between the edge of the paper and the top of the content on the page. Margin values are expressed as the number of "Dots" for the native printer resolution ( YDPI). To achieve a .5in margin on a 300DPI laser printer, use the value 150.

The value for the property is normally provided by the Printer using the canvas to render document pages. When the property contains 0 (zero) and the Printer is assigned, its PaperRect property is examined to get the Top of the printable area for the paper size. Otherwise, the existing value in the property is used.

Changes to the property value are not applied to the Printer device.

Use BottomMargin for the unused area at the bottom edge of the canvas. Values in TopMargin, BottomMargin, and PaperHeight are used to calculate the PageHeight for the printer canvas.

See also

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.