SetMeasurementUnits

Measurement and coordinate units

Description

Set the units to use for all measurements given to and returned from the library.

Default user space is exactly 1/72 inches per unit, which is approximately the same as a "point", a unit used in the printing industry. 25.4 millimetres is one inch.

Syntax

Delphi

function TPDFlib.SetMeasurementUnits(MeasurementUnits: Integer): Integer;

ActiveX

Function PDFlib::SetMeasurementUnits(MeasurementUnits As Long) As Long

DLL

int DLSetMeasurementUnits(int InstanceID, int MeasurementUnits);

Parameters

MeasurementUnitsThe units to use: 0 = Default user space 1 = Millimetres 2 = Inches Anything else = Default user space