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Properties for managing fonts

Extended (Property)

In french: Etendu

..Extended is used to:

Find out whether a Font variable is extended.
Extend (or not) a Font variable.

Remark: The width of the characters of a font can be:

Normal: the width of characters is normal.
Condensed: the width of characters is reduced (..Condensed)
Extended: the width of characters is increased.
Large: the width of characters is increased to the maximum (..Large)

Versions 17 and later

iPhone/iPad

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

iPhone/iPad

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

iPhone/iPad

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Example

// Define the characteristics of a font variable
Font1 is Font
Font1..Name= "Arial"
Font1..Size = 14
Font1..Extended = True
// Apply the font to "MyControl"
MyControl..Font = Font1

Syntax

Finding out whether a Font variable is extended Hide the details

<Result> = <Font name>..Extended

<Result>: Boolean

True if the specified font is extended,
False otherwise.

<Font name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of Font variable to use.

Extending (or not) a Font variable Hide the details

<Font name>..Extended = <Extended/Not extended>

<Font name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of Font variable to use.

<Extended/Not extended>: Boolean

True if the specified font must be extended,
False otherwise.

Remarks

Font variable

A font can be created from a Font variable.

To define the font characteristics, use:

FontCreate,
..Charset, ..Orientation, ..StrikeOut, ..Condensed, ..Color, ..Bold, ..Italic, ..Large, ..Name, ..Underline and ..Size.

This font can be used:

To write text in drawings (dFont).
To write in charts (grLabelFont, grLegendFont, grTitleFont and grAxisTitleFont).
To print (iFont).
In the controls of a window (..Font property of controls in a window).
In the controls of a report (..Font property of controls in a report).

Limits

The properties used to define the stretching of characters (..Condensed, ..Extended and ..Large) are supported only if the specified font variable is used for the print (print font or font of report controls).

In the other cases (font used for the drawings, the charts or the window controls), these characteristics are ignored.

See also

Properties for managing fonts

Minimum version required

Version 9

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