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 17:55:53 -0400
Would matter because TextField doesn't have a Graphics
Jym Morton
Toronto, ON
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Jim Pitchford <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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