OpenEuphoria

Re: Win32Lib: any way to GET the font size?

• Posted by don cole <doncole at pacbell.net> Mar 23, 2007
• 545 views

Dan Moyer wrote:
> 
> don cole wrote:
> > 
> > Dan Moyer wrote:
> > > 
> > > don cole wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Dan Moyer wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there some way to get the font SIZE?  I don't mean the height or
> > > > > width
> </font></i>
> > > > > extents of CHARACTERS, I mean the value that would be used to SET the
> > > > > font
> > > > > to a particular size. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I want to be able to center various text within columns, by changing
> > > > > the
> > > > > size of the font as needed, but that text could
> > > > > be in different sized fonts to begin with, so my routine needs to
> > > > > change
> > > > > the font size *from* whatever original size it was, so I need to be
> > > > > able
> to</font></i>
> > > > > *find out* what size it happens to be initially.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Dan Moyer
> > > > 
> > > > Hello Dan,
> > > > 
> > > > Try getFontDialog()
> > > > 
> > > > Don Cole
> > > 
> > > Don,
> > > 
> > > I'm not looking for a *dialog*, wherein a user *selects* a font/size,
> > > but rather a way for my *program* to ascertain what font size is currently
> > > in force for a window.  I want my program to GET the font size first, then
> > > it will decrement it as necessary, then return to original after using 
> > > smaller size as needed to fit space allotted.
> > > 
> > > Dan
> > 
> > Hello Dan,
> > 
> >   I was just reading from index.html the desciption of 
> > 
> >    getFontDialog ( window )
> > 
> >    that says 
> > 
> >    Returns: { font name, points, style flags, color } or -1 if cancelled.
> > 
> >   I have never used this. However I have a program that I think does what
> >   you
> > want. It starts out with a randon (large) font size. Then it keeps reducing
> > it until all the columns fit on the paper. This print preview program is
> > lengthy
> > and I have never posted it in the archives. If you are interested I coulde
> > e-mail
> > it to you.
> > 
> > Don Cole
> 
> Don,
> 
> Thanks, I can do it myself once I know the font size (which I'll work around
> by making sure that I keep track of it whenever it gets changed), but I'm
> always interested in how others code a similar problem, so if you will,
> go ahead & email it to me.
> 
> Actually I'm just concerned with fitting things onto the *screen* right now,
> but as soon as I get that working I will want
> to do the exact same thing for printer, also.
> 
> Dan

Done. Let me know if any includes are missing and I will send them to you.

Don Cole