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Assigns the specified font to the text of an arrow object with the specified ID number | Assigns the specified font to the text of an arrow object with the specified ID number. | ||
Any font in the Fonts folder can be used; the folder is accessible from the Control Panel in Windows XP operating system. | Arw_SetTextFontName returns a value of -2 if the specified object ID number is invalid. | ||
Any font in the Fonts folder can be used; the folder is accessible from the Control Panel in Windows XP operating system. In Windows 7, an overview of all installed fonts can be found in the C:\Windows\Fonts folder. Alternatively, you can look in a text editor for the specific name of your preferred font. | |||
== Usage == | |||
<syntaxhighlight>Arw_SetTextFontName(ObjectID,"FontName")</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight>Arw_SetTextFontName(ObjectID, "FontName")</syntaxhighlight> | ||
Where: | |||
:'''ObjectID''' - a numerical expression specifying the object ID number. | |||
:'''FontName''' - a string expression specifying the font name. | |||
::* The FontName input is not case sensitive, but spaces do need to match. | |||
== Notes == | |||
An object-specific ID number is | * An object-specific ID number is assigned by [[Arw_New]], [[Arw_New_s]], [[Arw_New_self]] or [[Arw_New_self_s]] when the arrow object is created. | ||
* Use [[Arw_GetActive]], [[Arw_GetFirst]] or [[Arw_GetNext]] to get the object-specific ID number of an already created arrow. | |||
== | == Examples == | ||
Assign font Verdana to the text of an arrow object with the ID number of 3: | Assign font Verdana to the text of an arrow object with the ID number of 3: | ||
<syntaxhighlight>Value1=Arw_SetTextFontName(3,"Verdana");</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight>Value1 = Arw_SetTextFontName(3, "Verdana");</syntaxhighlight> | ||
Assign font Times New Roman to the text of an arrow object with the ID number of 6: | |||
<syntaxhighlight>Value1 = Arw_SetTextFontName(6, "Times New Roman");</syntaxhighlight> | |||
[[Category:ArrowDrawing]] | [[Category:ArrowDrawing]] |