FontTransparent Property (AForm)

Returns or sets a value that determines whether text is drawn without drawing the background color around the characters.

Syntax

Object.FontTransparent [ = bFontTransparent ]

The FontTransparent property syntax has the following parts:

 

Name

Type

Description

Object

AForm

AForm object

bFontTransparent

Bool

A boolean expression that specifies whether text is drawn without drawing the background color around the characters.

Where

bFontTransparent can be one of the following:

 

Value

Description

True *

Permits background graphics and text to show around the spaces of the characters in a font.

False

Masks existing background graphics and text around the characters of a font.

Comments

FontTransparent may be set at design time or run-time, but changes won't affect graphics or text already drawn to the Form.

The property is not applicable for MDI Form type since drawing functions are not supported for MDI Forms.

Example

The following statement changes the AForm so the background text or graphics will not show around the spaces of font characters:

FontTransparent=False

FillColor=aclrRed

DrawText("Hello")

Applies to

AForm

See Also

BorderStyle, DrawStyle, TextHeight, DrawMode, FillColor, FillStyle, Font, TextWidth