BBjFormParagraph::setBackgroundColor

Description

In BBj 4.0 and higher, this method sets the default background color for the field.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

void

setBackgroundColor(BBjColor color)

Parameters

Variable

Description

color

Specifies the default background color for the field.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

The color set becomes the color of the background for any subsequent calls to the setText taking a String. In addition, it sets the background color attribute of the current AttributedString.

Example

rem 'Set paragraph text color

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!.newParagraph()

rem 'Set paragraph text color
para!.setBackgroundColor(myAPI!.makeColor("YELLOW"))
release

See Also

BBjAPI

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.