Configuring watermark printing

You can configure watermark text to appear on hard copies made with the AutoVue Client/Server deployment viewer, similar to the following figure.

This can be useful to indicate unapproved drawings, expiration dates, time stamps, and so on. You can configure the following characteristics of watermarks:

• Text, which can include property values
• Font, size, color, and transparency of the text
• Position on the printed page and angle of the text
• Title text to appear as the header or footer of the printed page

The watermark options are set with VBScript in the DraftPrint_SetWaterMark event procedure. It is defined in the source vault configuration and is invoked immediately before printing occurs. For more information on customizing event procedures, see the Accruent Meridian Enterprise VBScript API Reference.

Watermarks use the Client.Viewer.Watermark properties described in the following table. You do not have to use all of the properties, only the ones necessary to produce the results you want.

Watermark options

Property	Type	Description
Angle	Long	The angle of the watermark text in degrees.
Color	String	The color of the watermark text, specified as an AS_WATERMARK_COLORS constant.
Font	String	The font of the watermark text. Can be any installed Windows font.
FrameWidth	Long	The width of a line framing the printed page.
Size	Long	The font size of the watermark text in points.
Style	Long	The position of the watermark text on the printed page using one or more AS_WATERMARK_STYLES constants. To combine style options, use the OR operator.
Text	String	The watermark text to print.
TitleFont	String	The font of the title text. Can be any installed Windows font.
TitleFontSize	Long	The font size of the title text in points.
TitleStyle	Long	The position of the title text on the printed page using one or more AS_WATERMARK_TITLESTYLES constants. To combine style options, use the OR operator. You can specify only one title. You cannot print one title in the header and another title in the footer.
TitleText	String	The title text to print. Title text is always printed in black.
Transparency	Long	The transparency of the watermark text in percent.

Following is an example event procedure that incorporates all of the watermark properties and produces a watermark and title similar to those in the preceding figure.

Sub DraftPrint_SetWaterMark()
    Client.Viewer.WaterMark.Angle = 45
    Client.Viewer.WaterMark.Font = "Arial"
    Client.Viewer.WaterMark.Size = 36
    Client.Viewer.WaterMark.Text = "NOT FOR USE" & vbCrLf & "UNCONTROLLED DOCUMENT"
    Client.Viewer.WaterMark.TitleFont = "Arial"
    Client.Viewer.WaterMark.TitleFontSize = 10
    Client.Viewer.WaterMark.TitleStyle = AS_WMTS_CENTRED Or AS_WMTS_HEADER
    Client.Viewer.WaterMark.TitleText = "Printed by: " & User.FullName & " on: " & DateValue(Today)
End Sub