Dan Appleman's Visual Bas…s Guide to the Win32 API/Dan.Applmans.Visual.Basic.5.0.Programmers.Guide.To.The.Win32.API.1997.Ziff-Davis.Press.CD/VB5PG32.mdf/vbpg32/samples5/ch11/textdemo.frm

Visual Basic Form | 1997-02-16 | 5.2 KB | 157 lines

VERSION 5.00
Begin VB.Form TextDemo
   Caption         =   "Text Draw Demo"
   ClientHeight    =   4185
   ClientLeft      =   1095
   ClientTop       =   1485
   ClientWidth     =   8190
   BeginProperty Font
      Name            =   "MS Sans Serif"
      Size            =   8.25
      Charset         =   0
      Weight          =   700
      Underline       =   0   'False
      Italic          =   0   'False
      Strikethrough   =   0   'False
   EndProperty
   ForeColor       =   &H80000008&
   LinkMode        =   1  'Source
   LinkTopic       =   "Form1"
   PaletteMode     =   1  'UseZOrder
   ScaleHeight     =   4185
   ScaleWidth      =   8190
   Begin VB.PictureBox PicText
      Height          =   2115
      Left            =   240
      ScaleHeight     =   2085
      ScaleWidth      =   7725
      TabIndex        =   1
      Top             =   1920
      Width           =   7755
   End
   Begin VB.PictureBox PicFrame
      BeginProperty Font
         Name            =   "MS Sans Serif"
         Size            =   9.75
         Charset         =   0
         Weight          =   400
         Underline       =   0   'False
         Italic          =   0   'False
         Strikethrough   =   0   'False
      EndProperty
      Height          =   1575
      Left            =   3120
      ScaleHeight     =   1545
      ScaleWidth      =   4785
      TabIndex        =   2
      Top             =   240
      Width           =   4815
   End
   Begin VB.ListBox FontList
      Height          =   1590
      Left            =   240
      Sorted          =   -1  'True
      TabIndex        =   0
      Top             =   240
      Width           =   2715
   End
Attribute VB_Name = "TextDemo"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Option Explicit
' Copyright
 1997 by Desaware Inc. All Rights Reserved.
' Redraw the demo pictures in the new font
Private Sub FontList_Click()
    PicText.FontName = FontList.Text
    PicFrame.FontName = FontList.Text
    PicText.Refresh
    PicFrame.Refresh
End Sub
'   Load the font list dialog box with the available fonts
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim x%
    Dim a$
    Screen.MousePointer = 11
    For x% = 1 To Screen.FontCount
        a$ = Screen.Fonts(x%)
        If a$ <> "" Then FontList.AddItem a$
    Next x%
    Screen.MousePointer = 0
    FontList.ListIndex = 0
End Sub
'   Use of drawtext to do some powerful text drawing
Private Sub PicFrame_PAINT()
    Dim demo$, demo2$
    Dim rc As RECT
    Dim atab$
    Dim heightused%
    Dim crlf$
    Dim di&
    atab$ = Chr$(9)
    crlf$ = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
    demo$ = "This is a line of text that will show how "
    demo$ = demo$ + "automatic word wrapping can take place while drawing text."
    demo$ = demo$ + crlf$ + "Line breaks also work"
    demo2$ = "And" + atab$ + "Tabs" + atab$ + "Work" + atab$ + "Too" + atab$
    ' Get the dimensions of the control
    di = GetClientRect(PicFrame.hWnd, rc)
    heightused% = DrawText(PicFrame.hDC, demo$, -1, rc, DT_WORDBREAK)
    rc.Top = heightused%
    ' Tabs are set 10 characters apart (based on average char width)
    heightused% = DrawText(PicFrame.hDC, demo2$, -1, rc, DT_EXPANDTABS Or DT_TABSTOP Or &HA00)
End Sub
'   Draw a multiple font demo in the picture control
Private Sub PicText_Paint()
    ReDim demo$(4)
    Dim lf As LOGFONT
    #If Win32 Then
        Dim oldfont&, newfont&
        Dim alignorig&
        Dim vpos&
    #Else
        Dim oldfont%, newfont%
        Dim alignorig%
        Dim vpos%
    #End If
    Dim rc As RECT
    Dim todraw%
    Dim di&
    Dim prevpoint As POINTAPI
    demo$(1) = "Watch "
    demo$(2) = "the "
    demo$(3) = "Fonts "
    demo$(4) = "Grow "
    ' Get the dimensions of the control
    di = GetClientRect(PicText.hWnd, rc)
    ' We get the current logical font by selecting in
    ' temporarily a stock font
    oldfont = SelectObject(PicText.hDC, GetStockObject(SYSTEM_FONT))
    di = GetObjectAPI(oldfont, Len(lf), lf)
    ' Restore the original font
    di = SelectObject(PicText.hDC, oldfont)
    ' Reset current position and alignment
    ' Be sure to keep the original alignment
    ' Since we're changing font sizes, align to the baseline
    ' To make life easier, we use the current position
    alignorig = SetTextAlign(PicText.hDC, TA_LEFT Or TA_BASELINE Or TA_UPDATECP)
    ' Draw the text about 3/4 of the way down.
    vpos = rc.Bottom - rc.Bottom / 4
    di = MoveToEx(PicText.hDC, 0, vpos, prevpoint)
    ' Draw the first word
    di = TextOut(PicText.hDC, 0, 0, demo$(1), Len(demo$(1)))
    ' Now start drawing the rest of the words
    For todraw% = 2 To 4
        ' Debug.Print lf.lfHeight
        lf.lfHeight = lf.lfHeight * 2
        newfont = CreateFontIndirect(lf)
        oldfont = SelectObject(PicText.hDC, newfont)
        di = TextOut(PicText.hDC, 0, 0, demo$(todraw%), Len(demo$(todraw)))
        newfont = SelectObject(PicText.hDC, oldfont)
        di = DeleteObject(newfont)
    Next todraw%
    di = SetTextAlign(PicText.hDC, alignorig)
End Sub