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Sunday, October 30, 2005 by RomanDA | Discussion: DesktopX
Hey all.. need some help..
I'm working on a widget/gadget and its going to be showing a bunch of text that is being read from somewhere else, formatted and put together into one big text string. Here is my problem(s).
I need to be able to change PART of this string to look like this:
Name1 Name2
Name3 Name4
And i also would like to change some color too. Is this possible?
I would hope that DX could use font size/color/etc.
If this is answered somewhere else PLEASE let me know.
I'm going to Google the crap out of the web to see.
Thanks all!
RomanDA
I'm working on a widget/gadget and its going to be showing a bunch of text that is being read from somewhere else, formatted and put together into one big text string. Here is my problem(s).
I need to be able to change PART of this string to look like this:
Name1 Name2
Name3 Name4
And i also would like to change some color too. Is this possible?
I would hope that DX could use font size/color/etc.
If this is answered somewhere else PLEASE let me know.
I'm going to Google the crap out of the web to see.
Thanks all!
RomanDA
RomanDA
Reply #2 Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:44 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:44 PM
problem is that wont work well.. its a list that can change length over and over.
Its a list of sports scores, and it will change over time, some going away some being added.
Its a pain to have to create a ton of objects for this simple operation.
Its a list of sports scores, and it will change over time, some going away some being added.
Its a pain to have to create a ton of objects for this simple operation.
thomassen
Reply #3 Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:09 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:09 PM
Unless you need the background of the text to be transparent you can use the rich edit control. If you need/want the background to the texturized/background image you could use the IE control. (With the IE control you can even make it editable as well)
RomanDA
Reply #4 Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:14 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:14 PM
Do you have an example of the "rich edit control"?
MountainDragon
Reply #5 Monday, October 31, 2005 12:28 PM
Reply #5 Monday, October 31, 2005 12:28 PM
After trying to use them myself, it appears that the font properties for script access do not work properly. For instance, the Object.FontName property seems to be read-only, despite what the docs say, and the Object.FontSize property returns False, which if applied to a font, makes it really small!
thomassen
Reply #6 Monday, October 31, 2005 12:37 PM
Reply #6 Monday, October 31, 2005 12:37 PM
Yes, the docs are wrong. Only SetFont works. Which forces you to define all the font properties. Quite akward.
RomanDA
Reply #7 Monday, October 31, 2005 12:38 PM
Reply #7 Monday, October 31, 2005 12:38 PM
Thanks MD...
I found a widget that used a web page that was being generated by a script in the object. I was able to make it work, now i need to figure out how to work out the scrolling problems..
Since its a list of games, if you are watching game 5 and you scroll over to it, you want it to stay on game 5 even when it refreshes the HTML page.
Anyone know how to find out what the scrolling is on an html box, and restore to that position?
I was thinking something like bookmarks?
I found a widget that used a web page that was being generated by a script in the object. I was able to make it work, now i need to figure out how to work out the scrolling problems..
Since its a list of games, if you are watching game 5 and you scroll over to it, you want it to stay on game 5 even when it refreshes the HTML page.
Anyone know how to find out what the scrolling is on an html box, and restore to that position?
I was thinking something like bookmarks?
thomassen
Reply #8 Monday, October 31, 2005 12:57 PM
Not on how to use it from DX, no. It's called "Microsoft Rich Textbox Control" in the list of ActiveX controls.
Reply #8 Monday, October 31, 2005 12:57 PM
| Do you have an example of the "rich edit control"? |
Not on how to use it from DX, no. It's called "Microsoft Rich Textbox Control" in the list of ActiveX controls.
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Reply #1 Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:33 PM
The bad news: AFAIK, it only applies to the entire object.
If you want different portions of your string to have different font options, I think you will need to use multiple objects, and just position them to achieve the effect you want.
DX documentation:
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