Re: Does FTC have an equivalent of g.stringHeight for formatted text?
- From: Jim Pitchford <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ftcdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 15:09:51 -0500
Jim
Not sure that it matters either way - as once it is subclassed, it is what it
is.
But, FTEdiitField is a subclass of FormattedText which is a subclass of Canvas.
Jim
Jim Pitchford
jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 30 May 2013, at 14:33, Jym Morton <jymmorton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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