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SetStyle (procedure)

Sets the style to be used for all subsequent commands. The specified style must already exist in the document.

SetStyle() supercedes the SetFont() command. Although PlanetPress Talk still recognizes SetFont(), this behavior is

unlikely to continue in future versions, and it is therefore highly recommended that you use the SetStyle() command in your

scripts.

Syntax

setstyle( stylename )

Argument

stylename

Name of the style to use for all subsequent commands. The name of the style must be preceded by an ampersand. You can ref-

erence the bold, italic, or underlined versions of a font by appending the appropriate letter or letters to the name of the style.

Append .b for the bold version, .i for the italic version, .bi for the bold italic version, and .u for the underlined version.

Code Sample Example

This example displays a line of text using two different existing styles called Blackfont and Bluefont.

Example

margin(1,1)

setstyle(&blackfont)

show('The word ')

setstyle(&bluefont.i)

show('blue')

setstyle(&blackfont)

show(' is now in blue italic')

SetStyleExt (procedure)

Select an existing style and set the size, color, style property, or font ratio for its font. This eliminates the need to create sev-

eral styles that use the same font. setstyleext() does not support bold, italic, or underline styles with double-byte character

sets.

Syntax

setstyleext(stylename, fontsize, styleproperty, fontcolor, fontratio)

Arguments

stylename

The name of the style. The name of the style must be preceded by an ampersand. You can set the bold, italic, or bold italic

property of the style by appending .b, .i, or .bi respectively to the name of the style.

The ability to append .b, .i, or .bi to style names that have double-byte character sets is not supported.

fontsize