CreateFont or Font_create

[Michael Clease]

I wanted to use one of these but help is blank, can you help with the syntax.

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi Michael,

for Font_Create I think it is:

Font_Create( fontName, fontSize )

For CreateFont I would presume it will be the same as Win32 CreateFont (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183499%28VS.85%29.aspx).

I agree some more documentation would be good in this case.


Petr

P.S. For TBGL, you can use TBGL_FontHandle(fontName, fontSize, style). But better to use it only with TBGL applications.

[ErosOlmi]

I will make some order in the mess of font functions. They were developed some years ago.

CreateFont will be deprecated because it is just a one to one passing params of API CreateFont and is quite complicated

I've documented FONT_Create. Syntax is: Font_Create(FontName, FontSize)
You can use it right now.

I've created and documented FONT_Create_Ex. Syntax will be: Font_Create(FontName, FontSize, fBold, fItalic, fUnderline)
This will be out in next beta update.

Eros

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi Eros,

little suggestion.
In TBGL, the font is defined using equates in single parameter.

If you would define:


%FONT_BOLD = 1
%FONT_ITALICS = 2
%FONT_UNDERLINE = 4

... you can then simply test using BIT( lStyle, 0|1|2 ) for the flags presence.

I think this would help keeping the TB commands consistent in syntax. Of course - just a suggestion.

The use would then look like:

Font_Create("Arial", 14, %FONT_BOLD | %FONT_ITALICS)

The point is the code becomes more readable and evident, comparing to:

Font_Create("Arial", 14, %TRUE, %FALSE, %TRUE)


Petr

[ErosOlmi]

Ok, I will change like in your suggestion.
Maybe I can avoid FONT_Create_Ex and expand FONT_Create with an additional param like in TBGL

[Petr Schreiber]

That would be great :)

[catventure]

Hi Michael,

You can also do stuff like:



DIM hFont1 AS DWORD RESOURCE = FONT_CREATE( "Arial", 11 )

CONTROL SEND hdlg, ctrl, %WM_SETFONT, hFont1, 0


catventure.

[Michael Clease]

Catventure that was sort of my plan but I dont remember seeing the resource keyword.

And of course


Object_Delete(hFont1)

at the end of my dialog.

[ErosOlmi]

DIM ... AS DWORD RESOURCE

instructs thinBasic that you have defined a resource object variable.
If so, thinBasic will release it for you at the end of the variable scope.

It was mentioned in change list at http://www.thinbasic.com/public/products/thinBasic/help/html/index.html?version_1_0_9_3.htm
but I think I've forgot to document somewhere :oops: