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widget community.livecode.myname.rotatedtext
 use com.livecode.canvas
 use com.livecode.widget
 use com.livecode.engine
 use com.livecode.library.widgetutils

 metadata title is "Rotated text example"
 metadata author is "myName mySurname"
 metadata version is "1.0.2"

 variable mRotation as Number

 property "rotation" get mRotation set setRotation
 metadata widgetTheme.editor is "com.livecode.pi.integer "

 public handler SetRotation(in pRotation as Number) returns nothing
    put pRotation into mRotation
    redraw all
 end handler

public handler OnPaint()
 variable tText as String
 variable tHeight as Number
 variable tWidth as Number
 variable tRectangle as Rectangle
 variable tPath as Path

 put my width into tWidth
 put my height into tHeight
 put "Hello world!" into tText

 rotate this canvas by mRotation
 put rectangle path of rectangle [0,0,tWidth,tHeight] into tPath
 rotate tPath by (-1 * mRotation)
 put the bounding box of tPath into tRectangle

 fill text tText at center of tRectangle on this canvas

 end handler
end widget