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DataType: Integer

Values:

Default: False

1:36 PM 9/9/2003Example:

Sub cmdBold_Click()

End Sub

FontItalic Property

Description: Set current font Italic. Sets any currently selected text to Italic. Other details remain unchanged.

Returns: True or False depending on current font is Italic or not. For a select region containing a mixture of italic and non-italic text this property returns ATX_UNDEFINED.

Syntax:

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DataType: Integer

Values:

Default: False

Example:

Sub cmdItalic_Click()

End Sub

FontUnder Property

Description: Sets or returns the underline style at the current caret position or selected text region. ALLText supports a very flexible underlining scheme whereby various styles of underlining may be set (Color, single or double, solid, dashed or dotted).

Note that settings of True/False may be used for the simple case of a single black underline. More complex styles are associated with other values. ALLText API Methods, MakeUnderline and GetUnderline have been provided to handle such values.

Syntax:

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DataType: Integer

Values: Defined by value set returned by make_underline function.

Default: 0 - FALSE

NOTE: If Out of Range VB Overflow error, property value remains unchanged.

Example:

Sub cmdUnder_Click()

End Sub

FontStrike Property

Description: Sets current font to Strikethrough. Strikes-through any currently selected text.

Returns: True or False depending on current font is Strikethrough or not. If some text is selected and its font is either not set, or of mixed character, this property returns ATX_UNDEFINED.

Syntax:

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DataType: Integer

Values:

Default: False

Example:

Sub cmdStrike_Click()

End Sub

FontShadow Property

Description: Sets or returns the Shadowing characteristics (as an integer value) for text at the current caret position or within a selected text region. ALLText supports a unique shadow characteristic echoing up to two copies of a character, each offset by some distance (to the upper left and lower right of the base positioning) and each with a different color.

Manipulation of the shadowing requires use of API Methods MakeShadow and GetShadow. A value of FALSE may however be readily used as indicating the absense of shadowing. Likewise reading a value of ATX_UNDEFINED indicates a select region with mixed shadowing characteristics.

Syntax:

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DataType: Integer

Values: Specially organized values are used to define the shadowing. False indicates no shadowing, Other values may be composed or interpreted using the MakeShadow and GetShadow methods.

Default: False

Example:

Sub cmdShadow_Click()

End Sub

FontColor Property

Description: Set or returns the foreground color for a select region or the current cursor position. Other details remain unchanged. Returns ATX_COLOR_UNDEFINED for regions with mixed color settings.

Syntax:

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DataType: Long (RGBcolor)

Values: QBcolor(0) through QBcolor(15) or ATX_UNDEFINED

Examples:

Sub cmdFontColor1_Click()

End Sub

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Sub cmdFontColor2_Click()

End Sub

Remarks: If you use VB 3.0 You can also manipulate colors using the constants specified in file CONSTANT.TXT. Otherwise the ATX constants are defined in the constants declaration file shipped with ALLText.