DrawingObject.RotationAngle Property

Gets or sets the shape’s rotation angle.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

float RotationAngle { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property RotationAngle As Single

Property Value

Type	Description
Single	The rotation angle in degrees.

Remarks

Use a positive number to rotate a shape clockwise, and a negative number to rotate it counterclockwise.

The following code rotates and resizes pictures in the document.

C#

document.LoadDocument("FirstLook.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.Docx);
foreach (Shape s in document.Shapes)
{
    // Rotate and resize pictures.
    if (s.Type == ShapeType.Picture)
    {
        s.ScaleX = 0.8f;
        s.ScaleY = 0.8f;
        s.RotationAngle = 45;
    }
}

VB.NET

document.LoadDocument("FirstLook.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.Docx)
For Each s As Shape In document.Shapes
    ' Rotate and resize pictures.
    If s.Type = ShapeType.Picture Then
        s.ScaleX = 0.8F
        s.ScaleY = 0.8F
        s.RotationAngle = 45
    End If
Next s

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-add-a-watermark-to-the-document/CS/Form1.cs#L39

shape.RotationAngle = -45;
Size sizeInPixels = TextRenderer.MeasureText(text, measureFont);

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.cs#L110

{
    s.RotationAngle = 45;
}

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Shapes.cs#L103

{
    s.RotationAngle = 45;
}

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.cs#L174

{
    s.RotationAngle = 45;
}

VB.NET

how-to-add-a-watermark-to-the-document/VB/Form1.vb#L41

shape.RotationAngle = -45
Dim sizeInPixels As Size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(text, measureFont)

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.vb#L97

If s.Type = ShapeType.Picture Then
    s.RotationAngle = 45
Else

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Shapes.vb#L90

If s.Type = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ShapeType.Picture Then
    s.RotationAngle = 45
Else

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.vb#L146

    ' Resize text boxes.
    s.RotationAngle = 45
Else