New topic: Change the colour of a string mid sentence.
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=46402> Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message grechcj Post subject: Change the colour of a string mid sentence.Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:55 pm Joined: Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:19 pm Posts: 210 Location: Australia I would like to display a word on a canvas in red then the following word in black. I can change the colour but I need to get the current x and y to continue where I left off. //Draw the first word g.ForeColor = rgb(255,00,00) g.DrawString ("Hello ", 100, 100) //Draw the second word g.ForeColor = rgb(00,00,00) g.DrawString ("World",?,?) Top timhare Post subject: Re: Change the colour of a string mid sentence.Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:19 pm Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm Posts: 11932 Location: Portland, OR USA x = x + g.StringWidth("Hello ") Top npalardy Post subject: Re: Change the colour of a string mid sentence.Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:20 pm Real Software Engineer Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:18 pm Posts: 7636 Location: Canada, Alberta, Near Red Deer dim x as integer = 100 dim y as integer = 100 //Draw the first word g.ForeColor = rgb(255,00,00) g.DrawString ("Hello ", x, y) x = x + g.StringWidth("Hello ") //Draw the second word g.ForeColor = rgb(00,00,00) g.DrawString ("World",x,y) _________________ My web site Great White Software RBLibrary.com REALbasic learning Top grechcj Post subject: Re: Change the colour of a string mid sentence.Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:40 pm Joined: Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:19 pm Posts: 210 Location: Australia Thanks, I was going to resort to that solution but thought there might be a property which holds the current co-ordinates after drawing (eg. currentX). Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml [email protected]
