PrintLine PowerScript function

Draws a line of a specified thickness between the specified
endpoints on the current print page.

<span>PrintLine</span> ( <span>printjobnumber</span>, <span>x1</span>, <span>y1</span>, <span>x2</span>, <span>y2</span>, <span>thickness</span> )

1	<span>PrintLine</span> ( <span>printjobnumber</span>, <span>x1</span>, <span>y1</span>, <span>x2</span>, <span>y2</span>, <span>thickness</span> )

Argument	Description
printjobnumber	The number the PrintOpen function assigned to the print job
x1	An integer specifying the x coordinate in thousandths of an inch of the start of the line
y1	An integer specifying the y coordinate in thousandths of an inch of the start of the line
x2	An integer specifying the x coordinate in thousandths of an inch of the end of the line
y2	An integer specifying the y coordinate in thousandths of an inch of the end of the line
thickness	An integer specifying the thickness of the line in thousandths of an inch

Integer. Returns 1 if it succeeds and
-1 if an error occurs. If any argument’s value is null, PrintLine returns null.

PrintLine does not change the position
of the print cursor, which remains where it was before the function
was called.

These statements start a new page in a print job
and then print a line starting at 0,5 and ending at 7500,5 with
a thickness of 10/1000 of an inch:

long Job

long Job

Job = PrintOpen( )

1	Job = PrintOpen( )

... // various print commands

1	... // various print commands

// Start a new page.

1	// Start a new page.

PrintPage(Job)

1	PrintPage(Job)

// Print a line at the top of the page

1	// Print a line at the top of the page

<span>PrintLine</span>(Job,0,5,7500,5,10)

1	<span>PrintLine</span>(Job,0,5,7500,5,10)

... // Other printing

1	... // Other printing

PrintClose(Job)

1	PrintClose(Job)

August 13, 2023

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