> "Raymond E. Griffith" wrote:
>>
>> Just a question about what ought to be a simple thing, but I seem to be
>> missing the obvious.
>>
>> I am working with a field. I would like to make the font size resizable for
>> the user's visual comfort.
>>
>> Certain functions related to data selection and input require the textHeight
>> of the field.
>>
>> I created a field and tried to get the textHeight. The textHeight returned
>> empty. I checked the font information. The information was empty -- which
>> means that the text settings should be the same as the text settings for
>> MetaCard (Helvetica 14).
>>
>> When I set the font information to something other than the default
>> settings, (say, size = 13) I get the information (textheight = 17) . Setting
>> the font information back to the default settings (Helvetica 14), the
>> textheight returns empty.
>>
>> I then repeated the experiment with the textfont. Same results.
>>
>> Ok, then. It seems that for any field that has the default text
>> characteristics (whether set at MetaCard's level, the stack's level, or the
>> card's level), querying for those characteristics returns empty. Is there
>> any easy way to obtain those characteristics via script?
>>
>> Or, as is so often the case, am I missing the obvious?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
> Phil Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> answered
>
> Please pardon the terse response - gotta go.
> Things to be aware of:
> - text properties of the field vs. text props of the selectedText
> - the effective textHeight vs. the textHeight (same for other text
> props)
> - the fixedLineHeight of the field
>
> FWIW - explore!
> Phil
Phil, many thanks! The effective textHeight did the trick -- I will explore
the other ideas as well. Again, thanks!
Raymond
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