jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Dec 4 20:42:39 CST 2010
No I didn't try that.
John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com
On 12/4/2010 9:39 PM, Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote:
> John --
>
> Did you try it like that?:
>
> //-----------------------------------------
> using System.Drawing;
> ...
> Font font = new Font("Arial", 3.1f);
> System.Console.WriteLine("{0}", font);
> // the above line will output:
> //[Font: Name=Arial, Size=3.1, Units=3, GdiCharSet=1, GdiVerticalFont=False]
>
>
> //-----------------------------------------
>
> with System.Windows.Forms and System.Drawing references set?
>
> It works here in console app or class lib.
> I have used something like that many times...
>
> 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 ?. 4:25
> To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
> Subject: Re: [dba-VB] use a font in a class
>
> > But you can pass form's Font instance to your class as a parameter, dont'
> you?...
>
> Yes, that is what I am having to do.
>
> > Or you can create a Font instance in your class, don't you?
>
> No, that is the original problem email. The code to do that fails in a
> class. Unless you have another way to do it that the code I sent.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> On 12/4/2010 6:46 PM, Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote:
>> But you can pass form's Font instance to your class as a parameter, dont'
>> you?...
>>
>> Or you can create a Font instance in your class, don't you?
>>
>> 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 ?. 2:28
>> To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
>> Subject: Re: [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)?
>>>
>>> --
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