BiFont

This class is used with BiLabel to provide the font style information.

This class extends BiObject and therefore all methods and fields available for BiObject are also available for BiFont .

Constructor

new BiFont ( [ nSize [ ,sName ] ] )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
nSize	Number			The font size in pixels
sName	String			The font name

Properties

Name	Type	get	set	Descripton
bold	Boolean			Whether to use bold
italic	Boolean			Whether to use italic
name	String			The name of the font. A comma separated list also works
size	Number			The font size (in pixels)
strikeout	Boolean			Whether to line through the text
underline	Boolean			Whether to underline the text

Methods

Name	Description
paintFont	Applies the font described by the current font object to the component.
removeFont	Removes this font from a component. The font styles that this font object has applied to a component will be reset/removed.

Events

None.

Static Methods

Name	Description
fromString	Parses a string and returns a new font object. The format for the string is "bold"? "italic"? "underline"? "strikeout"? (<size>"px"?)? <font name>? 12px bold italic Arial The order of the parts is not relevant.

Static Fields

None.

Remarks

To change the font of the component you have to use setFont(). Changing the font object without calling setFont() will not update the component.

Method Details

paintFont

Applies the font described by the current font object to the component.

Syntax

object.paintFont ( oComponent )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
oComponent	The			component to set the font to

Return Type

void

removeFont

Removes this font from a component. The font styles that this font object has applied to a component will be reset/removed.

Syntax

object.removeFont ( oComponent )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
oComponent	BiComponent			The component to remove the font from

Return Type

void

Static Method Details

fromString

Parses a string and returns a new font object. The format for the string is

"bold"? "italic"? "underline"? "strikeout"? (<size>"px"?)? <font name>?

12px bold italic Arial

The order of the parts is not relevant.

Syntax

BiFont . fromString ( s )

Parameters

Name	Type	Optional	Default	Descripton
s	String			The string to parse

Return Type

BiFont