Font and Size

Hi!
Still working on my NotePad thing. My problem is that I don't know hoe to change the font and/or size on the marked text. And another problem is that when i mark a text and then click my ComboBox, the text gets unmarked. Plz, help me!

/ Erik

[Joacim Andersson]

I assume you're using a RichTextBox because you can't do this with the original textbox.

RichTextBox1.SelFontName = "Times New Roman"
RichTextBox1.SelFontSize = 16

The text isn't really deselected when the textbox loses focus but it's rather hidden.
If you don't want this behaviour set the HideSelection property to False at design time.

Good luck!

PS. Hur är livet i Linköping DS.

Thanks for the help!

PS. Bara bra =) DS.

Hi again!
The code you gave me didn't work! I don't know why. This is how it looks like:

Private Sub chooseFont_Change()
text.SelFontName = chooseFont.Value
End Sub

What do u think?

/ Erik

You need to use a RichTextBox to do this.

[Edited by Megatron on 09-17-2000 at 11:54 AM]

I just finished writing an example of working with formatted text. Add the following code to a Form with a RichTextBox, CommonDialog and a CommandButton.

On Error Resume Next

With CommonDialog1
    .Flags = cdlCFBoth Or cdlCFEffects
    .FontBold = RichTextBox1.SelBold
    .FontItalic = RichTextBox1.SelItalic
    .FontUnderline = RichTextBox1.SelUnderline
    .FontStrikethru = RichTextBox1.SelStrikeThru
    .FontName = RichTextBox1.SelFontName
    .FontSize = RichTextBox1.SelFontSize
    .Color = RichTextBox1.SelColor
End With

CommonDialog1.ShowFont

If Err <> 32755 Then
    With RichTextBox1
        .SelBold = CommonDialog1.FontBold
        .SelItalic = CommonDialog1.FontItalic
        .SelUnderline = CommonDialog1.FontUnderline
        .SelStrikeThru = CommonDialog1.FontStrikethru
        .SelFontName = CommonDialog1.FontName
        .SelFontSize = CommonDialog1.FontSize
        .SelColor = CommonDialog1.Color
    End With
End If

When you select text in the RichTextBox then click the button, the FontDialog Box will appear and from there, you can format your text.

Hi!
It won't just work! An alert box pops up and say:
Compile Error:
Invalid Outside procedure


/ Erik

PS. I have added RichTextBox, CommonDialog and CommandButton, and I haven't changed there names. DS.

What line are you getting it on?

[Yonatan]

Put it in the CommandButton.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    ' Megatron's code here
End Sub

Now it worked. My bad =)
But that wasn't really how I wanted it. I was thinking more like word, y'know, with these buttons. But thx anyway! I will proborbly use this in an other program.

/ Erik

[Joacim Andersson]

Originally posted by TimeHero
Hi again!
The code you gave me didn't work! I don't know why. This is how it looks like:

Private Sub chooseFont_Change()
text.SelFontName = chooseFont.Value
End Sub

I assume chooseFont is the ComboBox.
The Change event of a ComboBox will only be fired when the user types in the textbox area. When you click to choose an item in the drop down list box the Click event is fired.
So just move the code to the Click event.

Private Sub chooseFont_Click()
    text.SelFontName = chooseFont.List(chooseFont.ListIndex)
End Sub

Good luck!