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PictureFormat.HorizontalScale Property

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Publisher Developer Reference

Returns a Long that represents the scaling of the picture along its horizontal axis. The scaling is expressed as a percentage (for example, 200 equals 200 percent scaling). Read-only.

Syntax

expression.HorizontalScale

expression   A variable that represents a PictureFormat object.

Return Value
Long

Remarks

The effective resolution of a picture is inversely proportional to the scaling at which the picture is printed. The larger the scaling, the lower the effective resolution. For example, suppose a picture measuring 4 inches by 4 inches was originally scanned at 300 dpi. If that picture is scaled to 2 inches by 2 inches, its effective resolution is 600 dpi.

Use the EffectiveResolution property of the PictureFormat object to determine the resolution at which the picture or OLE object will print in the specified document.

Example

The following example prints selected image properties for each picture in the active publication.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim pgLoop As Page
Dim shpLoop As Shape

For Each pgLoop In ActiveDocument.Pages
For Each shpLoop In pgLoop.Shapes
If shpLoop.Type = pbPicture Or shpLoop.Type = pbLinkedPicture Then


        With shpLoop.PictureFormat

               If .IsEmpty = msoFalse Then
                    Debug.Print "File Name: " & .Filename
                    Debug.Print "Resolution in Publication: " &amp; .<strong>EffectiveResolution</strong> &amp; " dpi"
                    Debug.Print "Horizontal Scaling: " &amp; .HorizontalScale &amp; "%"
                    Debug.Print "Height in publication: " &amp; .Height &amp; " points"
                    Debug.Print "Vertical Scaling: " &amp; .VerticalScale &amp; "%"
                    Debug.Print "Width in publication: " &amp; .Width &amp; " points"
               End If

        End With
    End If
Next shpLoop



Next pgLoop

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