iFont (Function)

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iFont (Function)

In french: iPolice

Selects the default font. This font will be used by iPrint, iPrintWord, iTextWidth, iTextHeight, etc.

Remarks:

This font must have been created by iCreateFont.
This font is active as long as iFont is not used again.
Only TrueType fonts are managed.

Caution: Using this function under Linux requires a specific configuration.. For more details, see Print in Linux.

Example

iPrintWord(iFont(2) + CU.LastName + iXPos(200) + CU.Firstname)
iSkipLine
iPrint(iFont(1) + iXPos(100) + CU.Company)
iEndPrinting

Syntax

Using a dynamic font Hide the details

<Result> = iFont(<Font name> [, <Immediate calculation>])

<Result>: Character string

Control string describing the use of the specified font.

<Font name>: Font

Name of default font to use. This parameter corresponds to a Font variable. The font characteristics have been defined with FontCreate or via the font properties.
Only TrueType fonts are managed.

<Immediate calculation>: Optional boolean

Specifies whether the fonts must be selected immediately (True by default) or only when printing (False, if fonts must be combined, for example). For more details, see remarks.

Using a font created by iCreateFont (5.5-compatible syntax) Hide the details

<Result> = iFont(<Font number> [, <Immediate calculation>])

<Result>: Character string

Control string describing the use of the specified font.

<Font number>: Integer

Identifier of font used by default. This identifier was specified when the font was created by iCreateFont.
Only TrueType fonts are managed.

<Immediate calculation>: Optional boolean

Specifies whether the fonts must be selected immediately (True by default) or only when printing (False, if fonts must be combined, for example). For more details, see remarks.

Remarks

Combining fonts

Unexpected results may occur when combining fonts. For example, the following code:

iFont(2)
iPrint("First Part" + iFont(1) + "Second Part")

is not equivalent to:

iPrint(iFont(2) + "First Part" + iFont(1) + "Second Part")

In the first case, the entire character string will be printed in font 1. In this case, function iFont(1) is executed when the string to be printed is constructed, and therefore before the "First part" string is printed.

To obtain the same result, simply use (in the first syntax) function iFont with parameter Faux: function iFont(2, False) will only be actually executed during printing.

Component: wd300prn.dll