BBjFormFittedField

Description

In BBj 4.0 and higher, the BBjFormFittedField object allows users to construct a field of monospaced text on a page.

Creation

BBjAPI > BBjPrinter > BBjForm > BBjFormPage > BBjFormFittedField

The BBjFormFittedField object is created through the following BBjFormPage object method:

Return Value	Method
BBjFormFittedField	newFittedField()
BBjFormFittedField	newFittedField(double x, double y, double width, double height)

Methods of BBjFormFittedField

Return Value	Method
font	getFont()
void	setFont(Font font)
void	setText(attributedString text)
void	setText(string text)
BBjColor	getTextColor()
void	setTextColor(BBjColor color)
BBjColor	getBackgroundColor()
void	setBackgroundColor(BBjColor color)

Methods of BBjFormFittedField inherited from BBjFormElement

Return Value	Method
void	add(BBjFormElement object)
double	getBottomMargin()
point	getDrawingOrigin()
dimension	getDrawingSize()
double	getDrawingHeight()
double	getDrawingWidth()
double	getDrawingX()
double	getDrawingY()
double	getHeight()
int	getHorizontalSticky()
double	getLeftMargin()
BBjFormPage	getPage()
BBjFormElement	getParent()
point	getPosition()
double	getRightMargin()
dimension	getSize()
double	getTopMargin()
int	getVerticalSticky()
double	getWidth()
double	getX()
double	getY()
int	isChild()
int	isHorizontalFill()
int	isVerticalFill()
void	remove(BBjFormElement object)
void	setBottomMargin(double margin)
void	setHeight(double height)
void	setHorizontalFill(int fill)
void	setHorizontalSticky(int sticky)
void	setLeftMargin(double margin)
void	setPosition(double x, double y)
void	setPosition(Point point)
void	setRelative(int relative)
void	setRightMargin(double margin)
void	setSize(double width, double height)
void	setSize(dimension size)
void	setTopMargin(double margin)
void	setVerticalFill(int fill)
void	setVerticalSticky(int sticky)
void	setWidth(double width)

Remarks

This form element will equally space the characters of its text in order to horizontally fill the available width.

Example

REM Get a new paragraph

REM Obtain the instance to the BBjAPI object
myAPI!=BBjAPI()

REM Obtain an instance of a default BBjPrinter object
LET myBBjPrinter!=myAPI!.getBBjPrinter(0)

REM Get BBjForm for the selected printer
LET myBBjForm!=myBBjPrinter!.getForm(1)

REM Get a new page
LET myBBjFormPage!=myBBjForm!.createPage()

REM Get a new paragraph
LET para!=myBBjFormPage!.newFittedField()

RELEASE