| Parameter | Description | 
|---|---|
| language | Language (optional). Possible values are: "AllLanguagesColumn", "AllLanguagesRow", "OneLanguageVariable", "de_DE", "en_US", ... | 
| height | Text height (optional). Value in mm or In or "-16002" for "from layer". | 
| color | Text color (optional). 0 = black, 1 = red, 2 = yellow, 3 = green, 4 = cyan, 5 = blue, 6 = magenta, 7 = black, 8 = white, 9 = light gray, 252 = dark gray, 253 = gray, -16002 = from layer; The user can set other values in the color selection. Possible values are from 0 to 256. | 
| justification | Adjustment (optional). 1 = kTopLeft, 2 = kTopCenter, 3 = kTopRight, 4 = kMiddleLeft, 5 = kMiddleCenter, 6 = kMiddleRight, 7 = kBottomLeft, 8 = kBottomCenter, 9 = kBottomRight, 10 = kBaseLineLeft, 11 = kBaseLineCenter, 12 = kBaseLineRight, 13 = kSpecialLeft (Special Attachment-Types for PathTexts in DIN- and USA-Project), 14 = kSpecialCenter (Should not be used in new projects, just to be compatible to E5), 15 = kSpecialRight, 16 = kJicSpecialLeft (Special Attachment-Types for PathTexts in JIC-Project), 17 = kJicSpecialCenter(Should not be used in new projects, just to be compatible to E5), 18 = kJicSpecialRight) | 
| angle | Angle to the X-axis in ° (optional). Possible values are: 0°,45°, 90°, 135°, 180°, -45°, -90°, -135° | 
| font | Text font (optional). Possible values are: 0 = font 1 of company settings, 1 = font 2 of company settings, ..., 9 = font 10 of company settings | 
| visible | Text visibility (optional). Possible values are: 0 = invisible, 1 = visible, 2 = from layer | 
| bold | Text accentuation (optional). Possible values are: 0 = normal, 1 = bold | 
| italic | Text accentuation (optional). Possible values are: 0 = normal, 1 = italic | 
| underline | Text accentuation (optional). Possible values are: 0 = normal, 1 = underlined | 
| showtextbox | Defines whether to use a text box (optional). Possible values are: 0 = no text box, 1 = rectangular text box, 2 = elliptic text box, 3 = from layer | 
| setframeactive | Defines whether there should be an activate frame (optional). Possible values are: 0 = should not be active, 1 = should be active | 
| showframe | Defines whether to show a frame (optional). Possible values are: 0 = no alignment box, 1 = show alignment box | 
| framewidth | Frame width in mm or In (optional). | 
| frameheight | Frame height in mm or In (optional). | 
| adjustframe | Adjustment of frame (optional). 1 = do not fit in, 16 = Text: width fixed - never word-wrap, 32 = Text: height fixed - never word-wrap, 64 = Text: word-wrap, 80 = Text: width fixed - word-wrap, 128 = Text: remove line breaks, 144 = Text: width fixed - never word-wrap - remove line breaks, 208 = Text: width fixed - word-wrap - remove line breaks | 
| propertyId | ID (of 5 digits) of a property of the symbol (optional). If this ID is set, only this property text will be changed. | 
| propertyIndex | Index of the property ID (optional). Negative values are possible. Example of possible values: ... -1, 1, 2, 3, ... | 
| linespacing | Row spacing in number of lines (optional). Please use value -160.02 to set "from layer". | 
| paragraphspacing | Paragraph spacing in mm or In (optional). | 
| layer | Layer name (optional). Example: "EPLAN501" | 
 In properties which should not be changed, simply leave a question mark ("?").
 
The settings are the same as in the characteristic text dialog.