diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/Svg.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/Svg.cs
index c32d5819..982a7029 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/Svg.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/Svg.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ namespace Volian.Svg.Library
 	[XmlRoot("svg")]
 	public partial class Svg : SvgGroup
 	{
+		private static System.Drawing.PointF _AbsoluteOffset;
+		public static System.Drawing.PointF AbsoluteOffset
+		{
+			get { return Svg._AbsoluteOffset; }
+			set { Svg._AbsoluteOffset = value; }
+		}
 		private static System.Drawing.Color _OverrrideColor = System.Drawing.Color.Empty;
 		public static System.Drawing.Color OverrideColor
 		{
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgLine.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgLine.cs
index 28e135e8..c613d60a 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgLine.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgLine.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ namespace Volian.Svg.Library
 			set { _Y2 = SvgXmlConverter<SvgMeasurement>.GetObject(value); }
 		}
 		#endregion
+		#region Description
+		private string _Description = string.Empty;
+		[System.ComponentModel.DefaultValueAttribute("")]
+		[XmlElement("desc")]
+		public string Description
+		{
+			get { return _Description; }
+			set { _Description = value; }
+		}
+		#endregion
 		#region LineColor
 		//protected Color _LineColor = Color.Empty;
 		//[XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgRectangle.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgRectangle.cs
index d406f224..2e34ed35 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgRectangle.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgRectangle.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ namespace Volian.Svg.Library
 		}
 		//XMLElementAttribute(ElementName = "PREFIX", IsNullable = false)
 		#endregion
+		#region Description
+		private string _Description = string.Empty;
+		[System.ComponentModel.DefaultValueAttribute("")]
+		[XmlElement("desc")]
+		public string Description
+		{
+			get { return _Description; }
+			set { _Description = value; }
+		}
+		#endregion
 		#region Location
 		private SvgMeasurement _X = new SvgMeasurement();
 		[XmlIgnore]
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgScale.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgScale.cs
index 6a8b551b..94c523b0 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgScale.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgScale.cs
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ namespace Volian.Svg.Library
 		{
 			return _Scale * (y - YLowerLimit);
 		}
+		public float AbsX(SvgMeasurement x)
+		{
+			return x.GetSizeInPixels(DPI) + Svg.AbsoluteOffset.X;
+		}
+		public float AbsY(iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfContentByte cb, SvgMeasurement y)
+		{
+			// the following line of code is 'taken' from the 16bit code: \promsnt\exe\wined\togdi.cpp
+			// whenever doing an 'Absolute' macro.
+			float yOffset = 54 * 4.8f + 0.5f;	// yOffset starts in 'twips'  (twip = 1/20 point)
+			yOffset = yOffset / 20;				// convert from twips to points  (point = 1/72 inch)
+			return cb.PdfDocument.PageSize.Height - y.GetSizeInPixels(DPI) + yOffset + Svg.AbsoluteOffset.Y;
+		}
 		public float Y(iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfContentByte cb, float y)
 		{
 			return cb.PdfDocument.PageSize.Height - _Scale * (y - YLowerLimit);
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgText.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgText.cs
index 5844a4cf..41988c87 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgText.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Svg.Library/SvgText.cs
@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ namespace Volian.Svg.Library
 			set { _MyFontSettings.TextDecoration = value; }
 		}
 		#endregion
+		#region Description
+		private string _Description = string.Empty;
+		[System.ComponentModel.DefaultValueAttribute("")]
+		[XmlElement("desc")]
+		public string Description
+		{
+			get { return _Description; }
+			set { _Description = value; }
+		}
+		#endregion
 		#region Setup Inheritance
 		override internal void SetupInheritance(SvgInheritedSettings myParentsSettings)
 		{