[dba-VB] use a font in a class

Yes, in a form that works because "this" has a font.  In a class, "this" is the class (not a form) 
which doesn't have a font.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 12/4/2010 5:55 PM, Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote:
> John  --
>
> You can use:
>
>   Font font = new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Bold);
>
> Ignore my prev. posting in this thread.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Shamil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: 5 ??????? 2010 ?. 1:27
> To: VBA
> Subject: [dba-VB] use a font in a class
>
> I am defining a system for displaying a status on a form.  We have a
> listview object, in which we create three columns, then push stuff into the
> list using the following coed:
>
> private void UpdateStage1Status(StatusEventArgs stEvArgs) {
>        Font bold = new Font(Font, FontStyle.Bold);     //to make the font
> bold
>        ListViewItem item;
>        item = lstvStatus.Items.Add("",stEvArgs.pImageIndex);       //The
> image to display for the row
>        //item.BackColor = stEvArgs.pColor;
>        item.UseItemStyleForSubItems = false;       //need to set this to
> allow changing font color
>        item.SubItems.Add(stEvArgs.pDte.ToString());        //date
>        item.SubItems.Add(stEvArgs.pObjectPath);            //object path
>        item.SubItems.Add(stEvArgs.pStatus, Color.Black, Color.White, bold);
> //status text
>           }
>
> Now I want to wrap the list and this code in a class so that I do not have
> to have all this (and
> other) stuff in the form.
>
> The problem is that the line
>
>       Font bold = new Font(Font, FontStyle.Bold);     //to make the font bold
>
> won't compile in a class.  It complains that
>
> Font bold = new Font(Font
>
> That last class is bad (can't be inherited).  AFAICT (just a guess) that
> Font reference only works in a form.
>
> Is there any way other than passing the font in to this method to us the
> code as written (in a class)?
>
> --
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
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