More Advanced VML
Besides the material we've seen in this chapter, there's plenty more in VML. Like many graphics languages, VML has a lot of depth. Here's a last example, adapted from the examples in the Microsoft VML reference, which displays text along a VML text path, specified using VML formulae:
<HTML xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"> <HEAD> <TITLE> Using Vector Markup Language </TITLE> <STYLE> v\:* {behavior: url(#default#VML);} </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <CENTER> <H1> VML Text Paths </H1> <v:shapetype id="MyShape" coordsize="21600,21600" adj="9931" path="m0@0c7200@2,14400@1,21600, 0m0@5c7200@6,14400@6,21600@5e"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="val #0"/> <v:f eqn="prod #0 3 4"/> <v:f eqn="prod #0 5 4"/> <v:f eqn="prod #0 3 8"/> <v:f eqn="prod ...Get Inside XML now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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