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Topic: Bold text

Posted By: skwirelboy
Subject: Bold text
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 8:31AM

Hi,

I can't quite figure out how to switch between bold and non-bold text.

I am adding fonts to my dcument as follows:

QP.AddStandardFont(4);
QP.AddStandardFont(5);

This gives me helvetica and helvetica bold.

I am then calling

Qp.SelectFont(QP.FontID(4));

for non bold and

Qp.SelectFont(QP.FontID(5));

to switch to bold. But whichver one I opt for first sticks for the remainder of the document and the switch makes no difference.

First, am I approaching this in the correct way and if so what more do I need to do.

Thanks

Mark

Replies:

Posted By: jwhitham
Date Posted: 25 Aug 08 at 2:29PM

You need to use the result of the AddStandardFont function to select the font. In Pascal it would be:

var afont: integer;

afont := qp.AddStandardFont(5);

qp.SelectFont(afont);

Posted By: skwirelboy
Date Posted: 26 Aug 08 at 6:50AM

Thanks for the reply. I add all the fonts at the outset (ie Helvetica and HelveticaBold.

I then select them using the function in my original reply. I assumje I don't want to go adding the same font over and over again when I switch between bold and non-bold. If this assumption is correct, why does the function that I am using for selecting the fonts not seem to work.

Thanks

Posted By: jwhitham
Date Posted: 26 Aug 08 at 7:24AM

the FontID() function takes the index of the font in your document as its argument so, in your case, you would use:

Qp.SelectFont(QP.FontID(1));

for non bold and

Qp.SelectFont(QP.FontID(2));