FStrGet()

Description

Call this function to receive extended information about a string. Can be used in conjunction with IsFontBold() and IsFontItalic().

Syntax

Function FStrGet(rec_num, from_pos, to_pos)

Parameters

numeric record num - the record to be tested

numeric from_pos - position of record to begin the test

numeric to_pos  - position of record to end the test

Return value

variant formatted text, which is an array of the following

      string - the text

array int length - the number of characters or spaces between the segments

array int font ID - the idcould be used as the argument to a such function as this.IsFontBold()

Example

Function OnRecord

      r = this.GetRecordNumber

      if r <> 10 and r<>15 then exit function 'looks at lines 10 and 15

      a = this.FStrGet(r, 1, 10)

      c = ""

      for i = 1 to UBound(a)

           for j = 0 to ubound(a(i))

                c = c & a(i)(j) & ","

           next 

           c= c & "|"

      next

      Target.Message this.IsFontBold(a(3)(0))

End Function 

See also

TextConverter's Methods