FontSelect (Function)

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FontSelect

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FontSelect (Function)

In french: PoliceSelect

Opens the standard window for font selection and selects the specified font.

The font selected by the user can be used:

to write to drawings (function dFont).
to write in charts (grLabelFont, grLegendFont, grTitleFont, grAxisTitleFont).
to print (iFont).
in the controls of a window or report (Font).

Example

// Create a default font
DefaultF is Font = FontCreate("Arial", 12)
// Use a variable to store the user font
UserF is Font
// Ask the user to modify his font
FontSelect(UserF, True, DefaultF)

Syntax

Opening the font picker by specifying a default font Hide the details

<Result> = FontSelect(<Selected font> [, <Option> [, <Default font>]])

<Result>: Boolean

True if a font was selected by the user,
False otherwise (the "Cancel" button was clicked by the user).

<Selected font>: Font

Name of the Font variable that will contain the characteristics of the font selected by the user.

<Option>: Optional boolean

True to display the advanced options of the font (underlining, color),
False to avoid displaying these options in the font picker.

<Default font>: Optional Font variable

Name of the Font variable that corresponds to the characteristics of the font to select by default in the font picker of Windows.

Opening the font picker by specifying all the characteristics of the default font Hide the details

<Result> = FontSelect(<Selected font> [, <Option> [, <Font name> [, <Size> [, <Style> [, <Color>]]]]])

<Result>: Boolean

True if a font was selected by the user,
False otherwise (the CANCEL button was clicked by the user).

<Selected font>: Font

Name of the Font variable that will contain the characteristics of the font selected by the user. If only this parameter is specified, the default font selected in the font picker will have the characteristics of this font.

<Option>: Optional boolean

True to display the advanced options of the font (underlining, color),
False to avoid displaying these options in the font picker.

<Font name>: Optional character string

Name of the font selected by default in the font picker. This name must correspond to one of the fonts installed on the current computer.

<Size>: Optional integer

Size of the font selected by default in the font picker. This size is expressed in picas (1 Pica = 0.353 mm).

<Style>: Optional Integer constant (or combination of constants)

Attributes of the font selected by default:
iStrikeOut Strikeout font
iBold Bold font
iItalic Italic font
iNormal Standard font, without attributes
iUnderlined Underlined font

<Color>: Optional integer

Color of the font selected by default. This color can correspond to:
an RGB color (returned by RGB).
an HSL color (returned by HSL),
a preset color of WLanguage.

Component: wd260vm.dll