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#xcommand @ <nRow>, <nCol> PRINT TO <prn> TEXT <cText> ;
      [SIZE <nWidth> [,<nHeight>] ] ;
      [<unit: PIXEL,MM,CM,INCHES,SCREEN>] ;
      [FONT <fnt>] ;
      [ALIGN <aln>] ;
      [COLOR <nTxt> [,<nBck> ] ] ;
      [OUTLINE <nClr> SIZE <nSize> ] ;
      [LASTROW <lrow>] ;
   => ;
      [<lrow> := ] <prn>:SayText( <nRow>, <nCol>, <cText>, [<nWidth>], [<nHeight>], ;
            [<fnt>], [<aln>], [<nTxt>], [<nBck>], [<(unit)>], [<nClr>], [<nSize>] )

cAlign is Char type

Default is TL ( topleft )
TR : Top Right
BL, BR -> BottomLeft, BottomRight
"" Center

From Whatnew

• TWindow Method SayText( cText, aRect, cAlign, oFont, nClrText, nClrBack, lBorder )

Applies to all derived classes like dialogs and controls

To be used in o:bPainted.

function FW_SayText( hDC or oWnd, cText, aRect, cAlign, oFont, nClrText, nClrBack, lBorder )

 Can be used with Printer DC also



           FW_SayText( hDC, cText, { 0, 0, h-30, w }, "B", { oLarg, oFont } )

           FW_SayText( hDC, "FWH Image Functions", { 30, 0, h, w }, "T", oSmal )

Parameters:

1. cText. ANSI/Unicode single or multi-line text

2. aRect : { nTop, nLeft, nBottom, nRight } in pixels

   Defaults to ClientRect

   All co-ordinates are relative to Client Rect.

   Coordinates:

   nil --> default to the border

   >= 1 --> Pixels from Top or Left as the case may be

   >0 & < 1 --> Percentage of width or height

   < 0 : Pixels from right or bottom

3. cAlign : Default Vertical and Horizontal Center

   Meaningful Combination of L,R,T,B to indicate Left, Right, etc.

4. oFont: Default window font.

   • Can include vertical fonts also

   • Array of Fonts: If an array of fonts (not vertical fonts)

   is specified and if cText is an array or mult-line text

   delimited by CRLF, each line is displayed with each font

   in the array

5. nClrText: Defaults to Window's nClrText

   • Can be an array of colors in which case each line of

   multi-line text is painted with different colors.

   • Can also be a single Alpha Color of pointer to GDI+ brush.

   In such cases GDI+ is used to render the text with the brush.

6. nClrBack: By default, the painting is transparent.

   • RGB color. Used as back color for text

   • ARGB color. Used to fill the aRect

   • TBrush object: used to fill the aRect

7. lBorder: Default .F.

   If .t., single line border is drawn

Marc Venken wrote:Maybe my post will only be for images .... (not sure anymore) . Sorry then .... :roll:

Here is what I found:

When specifying the text ( including numbers ), it is very important to specify the WIDTH of the value. With that in place, I can set align to "TR" as you suggested, and everything lines up perfectly.

I prefer Calibri as a font because it is easier to read than the old Courier New I used previously.

So far all is progressing well. I am completely updating the output of my invoices, and since I now have full RTF capability for essential areas, my clients will be extremely pleased with the result.

One last question. What is the proper value for specifying the FONT COLOR ? It appears to be numeric ? Also do we have a color selection popup that we can use for the values ?

Thank you. I love making positive enhancements.

Dear Tim,

> Also do we have a color selection popup that we can use for the values ?

ChooseColor( [ nInitialRGBColor ] ) --> nRGBColor