Unit 'msefont'	Package
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registerfontalias

Defines (or redefines, depending on mode) the font alias alias, e.g. stf_default, as the font name with the given height, width, options and xscale

Declaration

Source position: msefont.pas line 52

function registerfontalias(

const alias: string;

const name: string;

mode: fontaliasmodety = fam_nooverwrite;

const height: Integer = 0;

const width: Integer = 0;

const options: fontoptionsty = [];

const xscale: real = 1.0;

ancestor: string = defaultfontalias;

const template: tfontcomp = Nil

):Boolean;

Description

Defines (or redefines, depending on mode) the font alias alias, e.g. stf_default, as the font name with the given height, width, options and xscale. A value of 0 or an empty string keeps the value of ancestor.

The font aliases of 'Project'-'Options'-'Font Alias' in MSEide are only used at design time, to see the same fonts as at runtime: the program must register them itself on startup, before creating its forms, for example:

begin
 registerfontalias('stf_default','Palatino Linotype',fam_overwrite,20);
 application.createform(tmainfo,mainfo);
 application.run;
end.

The same can be done without recompiling by the command line parameter --FONTALIAS=<alias>,<fontname>[,<height>[,<width>[,<options>[,<xscale>[,<ancestor>]]]]], where an empty value keeps the default, e.g. --FONTALIAS=stf_default,,16 for a 16 pixel high default font.