Text Clipping

[mikroman]

Would it be possible to add a feature to the DrawText command so you could restrict your string to a given length in pixels.

For example:

DrawText(Text$,Length)

This way you could restrict your string to say 80 pixels, much more accurate than using the Mid command.

[plouf]

you can use Length = TextLength(Text$) to get the exact lenght of a string before use it ? or you are asking somethink else ?

[mikroman]

TextLength only returns the length of the string, it won't help you to restrict how much is printed.

Maybe the answer would be if PB allowed you to set clipping zones on the screen, that way you could restrict text and graphics within that area. Locomotive BASIC on the Amstrac CPC had a similar feature using the Window command.

[mikroman]

I found a way round my problem by using:

ExtTextOut (Windows Gdi32.lib)

This command lets you output text using a clipping zone, it would be nice if PB could add an easier to use version of this for people who either can't, or don't wand to access the Windows OS.

[Fred]

I took good note and will probably add a ClipArea() command for clipping all the drawing functions.

[mikroman]

That's great news Fred

PB keeps getting better with each release, keep up the good work.

[Blade]

Go for it!

[PB]

> I took good note and will probably add a ClipArea() command

This is why I love PureBasic. I came from Visual Basic and whenever I sent
an e-mail to mswish@microsoft.com I would NEVER get an answer like that.