Re: Does FTC have an equivalent of g.stringHeight for formatted text?
- From: Jym Morton <jymmorton@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ftcdev <ftcdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 15:33:29 -0400
I don't have FTC on this computer, but isn't FTEditField a subclass of an
EditField and not a canvas?
Jym Morton
Toronto, ON
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Jim Pitchford <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Having another problem with FTC.
>
> I have a containerControl in which I have a canvas with FTEditField as its
> super.
>
> I now embed one or more of these containerControls into the mainWindow.
>
> Now, when I try to call any of the getDoc functions, e.g.
> getDoc.getTotalPageLength I get a NilObjectException for getDoc. Checking
> shows that the doc property is empty.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
>
> Jim Pitchford
> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 29 Apr 2013, at 18:24, Jim Pitchford <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Ah, working now. I think it was something to do with margins when
> setting the edit mode. For some reason nI had it set to 5, setting to 0
> seems to work fine now.
> >
> > Thanks Jym
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > Jim Pitchford
> > jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> > On 29 Apr 2013, at 18:13, Jym Morton <jymmorton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I started up the laptop and this worked fine for me
> >> Dim x As Integer = FormattedText1.getDoc.getTotalPageLength
> >>
> >> 1 line was 33
> >> 2 lines were 58
> >>
> >> Edit Mode and that's the call used to set the VScrollbar.
> >>
> >> Jym Morton
> >> Toronto, ON
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Jim Pitchford <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Jym
> >>>
> >>> There's an FTC1.getDisplayHeight - but it seems to consistently come
> back
> >>> with a value of 136 when empty, 154 thereafter.
> >>>
> >>> Jim Pitchford
> >>> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 29 Apr 2013, at 17:10, Jym Morton <jymmorton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I don't have it on this computer, I don't know that you want a getDoc
> >>> item,
> >>>> isn't there a getDisplayHeight or something like that?
> >>>> Jym Morton
> >>>> Toronto, ON
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Jim Pitchford <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Jym
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've tried setting the mode to Edit - no impact.
> >>>>> Also I tried changing the super to FTTextField - still no impact.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm new to this control so any other advice appreciated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jim
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jim Pitchford
> >>>>> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 29 Apr 2013, at 16:39, Jym Morton <jymmorton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Sounds like you have it in the wrong mode as you don't want a page.
> >>>>>> Jym Morton
> >>>>>> Toronto, ON
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Jim Pitchford <
> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Seth
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I finally to to download and try out FTC - to see if I could set
> the
> >>>>>>> height of the control to match the content.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> However, when I call getDoc.getTotalPageLength - I get a value of 0
> >>> (for
> >>>>>>> no text included) or 804 for 1 character or more.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> So how can I adjust the height to fit the content like I would with
> >>>>>>> TextArea?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Jim
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Unfortunately it always
> >>>>>>> Jim Pitchford
> >>>>>>> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 14 Aug 2012, at 14:23, Seth Verrinder <sethv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The FTDocument class has a function named getTotalPageLength that
> >>>>>>> returns the total height of the document.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> So to do what you want you'd need to do something like this (where
> >>> ftc
> >>>>>>> is your FormattedText control):
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> dim dTotalHeight as double
> >>>>>>>> dTotalHeight = ftc.getDoc.getTotalPageLength
> >>>>>>>> ftc.Height = dTotalHeight
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> You'll probably want to include a sensible maximum size. Since
> >>> there's
> >>>>>>> no fixed limit to the document size you could end up with a very
> large
> >>>>>>> control if a user does something unexpected like pasting in the
> entire
> >>>>>>> contents of a book or something.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>> Seth Verrinder
> >>>>>>>> BKeeney Software, Inc.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Jim Pitchford wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> One of the limitations of RB's textArea is that you can't get the
> >>>>>>> stringheight of formatted text, unless it is all in one font and
> one
> >>>>> size.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Does FTC offer a way around that limitation so that I can set the
> >>> size
> >>>>>>> of the text area according to its formatted content?
> >>>>>>>>>
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