PDFFont object

PDFFont is one of the PDF Builder objects, and is derived from PDFModel. PDFFont manages the font settings in the PDF document.

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Properties

PDFFont provides the following properties. In addition, it inherits the properties from its parent, PDFModel.

PDFFont property

Datatype

Description

Bold

Boolean

Gets or sets the bold font style.

ClassDefinition

PowerObject

An object of type PowerObject containing information about the class definition of the object or control.

Encoding

String

Gets or sets the encoding of the font.

FontName

String

Gets or sets the font name.

FontSize

Real

Gets or sets the font size.

Italic

Boolean

Gets or sets the italic font style.

Underline

Boolean

Gets or sets the underline font style.


Events

PDFFont event

Occurs

Constructor

Immediately before the Open event occurs in the window.

Destructor

Immediately after the Close event occurs in the window.


Functions

PDFFont provides the following functions.

PDFFont function

Datatype returned

Description

ClassName

String

Returns the name assigned to the control.

Clone

PDFFont

Clones the current object.

GetContextService

Integer

Creates a reference to a context-specific instance of the specified service.

GetParent

PowerObject

Returns a reference to the name of the parent object.

PostEvent

Boolean

Adds an event to the end of the message queue for the control.

TriggerEvent

Integer

Triggers a specified event in the control and executes the script for the event.

TypeOf

Object

Returns the type of the control.