gFont (Function)

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gFont (Function)

In french: gPolice

Builds a sequence of characters describing the font that will be used for the text.

This string is used to describe the font of the text:

in an element of a List Box or Combo Box control.
in the title bar and/or status bar of a window.
in a Static control.

Versions 16 and later

This function is now available for WINDEV applications in Linux.

New in version 16

This function is now available for WINDEV applications in Linux.

Versions 21 and later

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

New in version 21

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

Versions 22 and later

This function is now available in the code of stored procedures.

This function is now available for WEBDEV sites in Linux.

This function is now available for WEBDEV sites in Windows.

New in version 22

This function is now available in the code of stored procedures.

This function is now available for WEBDEV sites in Linux.

This function is now available for WEBDEV sites in Windows.

This function is now available in the code of stored procedures.

This function is now available for WEBDEV sites in Linux.

This function is now available for WEBDEV sites in Windows.

Example

// Writes "Chicken" in Arial
ListAdd(LIST_Animals, gFont("Arial") + "Chick")

Syntax

<Result> = gFont(<Font name> [, <Charset used>])

<Result>: Character string

Sequence of characters describing the font that will be used for the text.
This sequence of characters can be:
used in ListAdd, ListInsert or ListModify.
assigned to a Static control.
used in the title bar or status bar of a window.

<Font name>: Character string with quotes

Exact name of the font. If this parameter corresponds to an empty string (""), gFont has no effect.

<Charset used>: Optional Integer constant

Constant corresponding to the character set to use. The default character set will be used if this parameter is not specified.
charsetAnsi Roman characters in ANSI standard
charsetArabic Arabic characters
charsetBaltic Baltic characters
charsetChinese Chinese characters (People's Republic of China)
charsetTraditionalChinese Traditional Chinese characters (Republic of Taiwan)
charsetKorean Korean characters
charsetDefault Uses the default character set defined for the computer. No character set is forced.
charsetEastEurope Characters of Eastern Europe (Polish, ...)
charsetGreek Greek characters
charsetHebrew Hebrew characters
charsetJapanese Japanese characters
Versions 20 and later
charsetMac
New in version 20
charsetMac
charsetMac Characters to the Mac Roman standard (used on the old Macintosh versions).
charsetOccidental Roman characters in ANSI standard
charsetRussian Russian characters
charsetThai Thai characters
charsetTurkish Turkish characters
charsetVietnamese Vietnamese characters

Remarks

The default font is restored after the call to this function.
All the other characteristics of the font are kept (bold, ...).

Component

Until version 21, gFont was available in the wdxxxobj component. From version 22, this function is now available in the wdxxxmdl component.

Component : wd260mdl.dll