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Font color
Font of report controls
Fonts of page controls
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Font (Property)

In french: Police

Property Police allows you to:

Find out the identifier of the font used in a control found in a report, in a page or in a window.
Modify the font used in a control found in a report, in a page or in a window.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for Java applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for Java applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for report controls in iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for report controls in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available for report controls in iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 20 and later

This property is now available for Table controls and table columns in iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 20

This property is now available for Table controls and table columns in iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

MaPolice is Font
MaPolice = FontCreate("Arial", 12, iBold)
SAI_Adresse.Police = MaPolice

Syntax

Finding out 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.

Modifying the font used in a control Hide the details

<Control used>: Control name

Name of control to use.

<New font>: Font

Font variable that contains the characteristics of the new font that will be used in the specified control. The font characteristics have been defined by FontCreate or via the properties for font management.

Remarks

Font color

The color of the font can be defined in its attributes:

by FontCreate. For example:

FontCreate("Arial", 12, iBold, DarkYellow)
by the definition of a font. Example:

MaPolice is Font
MaPolice.Color = LightRed

Font of report controls

The following properties allow you to handle the fonts used in the report controls:

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", ...

The Property Font does not allow to retrieve or modify CSS sizes in addition to absolute sizes. For more details, see the Property FontSize help page.

Limits

For an report, the Font property can be used on:

a Static control.
a Calculated control.
a Link control.
a Preset control.
un edit control.

For one window and one page, the Property Font 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 (including listview) or in a combo box,
Versions 19 and later
a Table control,
New in version 19
a Table control,
a Table control,
Versions 19 and later
a TreeView Table control,
New in version 19
a TreeView 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 site map path,
a TreeView control,
a menu,
a cell in a status bar.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WEBDEV): Font property

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