Rotated Text

[Josh Davenport]

I have users who wanted a dynamically generated cross-tab like form:


Looks like this, if you get the jist:

                      TestA, TestB, TestC, TestD

Sample1      x            x
Sample2                    x             x
Sample3      x            x             x         x
Sample4                               x


Entry is done through arrays and clicking.
The Tests across the top are added by the user. The dimensions of the  
matrix vary both ways.

All works well, except that the Test labels across the top take up  
too much space. I can make them vertical, of course, but not with the  
text rotated.
I COULD make any array for the top, and use 26 picts for the letters,  
rotated, and show the correct pict based on the data, but I would  
prefer not to.

Any ideas to do this dynamically? Say, through applescript, or  
something? There is an applescript hook into "Image Events" that can  
rotate an image, but how do I generate an image of some text?

Thanks,

Josh