Font (Property)

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Fonts of page controls
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Font (Property)

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The Font property is used to

Get the identifier of the font used in a control in a report, page or window.
Change the font used in a control in a report, page or window.

Example

MyFont is Font
MyFont = FontCreate("Arial", 12, iBold)
EDT_Address.Font = MyFont

// Define the characteristics of a Font variable
Font1 is Font
Font1.Name = "Arial"
Font1.Color = LightYellow
Font1.Size = 14
Font1.SizeUnit = unitPoint
Font1.Orientation = 45
// Apply the font to "MyControl"
MyControl.Font = Font1

Syntax

Getting the font used in a control Hide the details

<Result> = <Control used>.Font

<Result>: Font

Font variable containing the characteristics of the font used in the specified control.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control to be used.

Changing the font used in a control Hide the details

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control to be used.

<New font>: Font

Font variable containing the characteristics of the new font to be used in the specified control. The font characteristics have been defined with FontCreate or via the font properties.

Remarks

Font of report controls

To handle the fonts used in the controls of a report, use the following properties:

The properties are not available.

Fonts of page controls

We recommend that you use a series of fonts separated by commas as font name. For example: "Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif", "Time New Roman, Times, Serif", etc.

The Font property cannot be used to get or change the CSS sizes in addition to the absolute sizes. For more details, see the help page on the FontSize property.

Limitations

In a report, the Font property can be used on:

a Static control.
a Calculated control.
a Link control.
a Preset control.
an Edit control.

In a window or page, the Font property can be used on:

a Static control,
an Edit control,
a Button control,
a Check Box control,
a Radio Button control,
a List Box control,
a row in a List Box, ListView or Combo Box control,
a Table control,
a TreeView Table control,
a table cell,
This property is available in read-only mode.
a table column,
a formatted display control,
an HTML control,
a Combo Box control,
a Link control,
an HTML Static control,
a Pager control,
a Breadcrumb control,
a TreeView control,
a Menu control,
a cell in a status bar.

The Font property can be used on:

a Button control,
a Static control,
an Edit control,
a column in a Table control,
a row in a List Box, Table or Combo Box control,
a resource in a Scheduler control.

This property is not available for controls in a report.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WEBDEV): Font property

[ + ] This example presents the use of the..Font properties and the use of the FontCreate function.