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 17:55:41 -0500
OK, but as it is subclassed from Canvas, I guess it does include Graphics.
Main point is what do I need to do to initialise FTEditField (or FormattedText)
so that the doc property is not nil?
Jim
Jim Pitchford
jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 30 May 2013, at 16:55, Jym Morton <jymmorton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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