problem with TextOut

[neafriem]

I have a problem. When I use the textout code the text is written on the screen but with black times new roman with white background. I want the text background to be transparent and the text in an other color. It is possible?


Bufferbox.Canvas.TextOut(posX, posY, Text);

[{MSX}]

If i can remember well you can use:

Bufferbox.brush.style:=bsClear;

or something similar :)

[Traveler]

yes it is possible. You have to set the brush style to bsclear like this

Bufferbox.Canvas.brush.style := bsclear;

and then render the font..

Alternative colors can be achieved by setting the font color.

Bufferbox.Canvas.Font.Color := $ABCDEF;

Edit: Ahh shoot {MSX} you beat me to it by one minute.
Yours is almost right, Brush is a property of the canvas.

[neafriem]

thanks :D

[neafriem]

but how do you change the font?

[{MSX}]

Edit: Ahh shoot {MSX} you beat me to it by one minute.
Yours is almost right, Brush is a property of the canvas.

Too bad, i missed that step :P

[JSoftware]

canvas.font.name := 'Arial';

yes sir! 8)

[neafriem]

thanks again
this forum is the best :!: :D :!:

[WILL]

this forum is the best :!: :D :!:
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[Traveler]

this forum is the best :!: :D :!:

Your questions were easy :) Wait till you start asking about say for example how to do a gameloop and whether it should take all cpu power. Suddenly you see 20 different opinions. :wink:

But yeah, this forum is the best around (for Pascal Game Dev)