Sets a specific text style, or retrieves the current text style setting.
Syntax
AttributeTextStyle(TextStyle)
TextStyle:
A value depicting text style:
You can superimpose styles by adding the above values.
Return Value
If retrieving the current text style, a value between 0 and 8 depicting the applied style. If applying a text style, 0 (zero) if successful. In both cases, an error is returned if unsuccessful. If values are out of range on writing to the attribute, the function will exit and report the error E_INVALIDARG. If there is no active text object, these functions throw an exception with a return value of E_HANDLE.
Note: For details on handling return and error values, see Error Handling.
Related Functions
AttributeText, AttributeTextJustification, AttributeTextFont, AttributeTextFontSize, AttributeTextColour
Example
' Sets the normal text style
GraphicsBuilder.AttributeTextStyle = 0
' Retrieves the current text style setting
MyVariable = GraphicsBuilder.AttributeTextStyle
Note: This function is implemented in the
C++ environment as two separate functions: put_AttributeTextStyle applies a style to the
currently selected text, and get_AttributeTextStyle retrieves the current
text style setting.