Dynamic Text O Directive

Syntax

%O= [ B={} ] [ C = {} ] %

%O={@@}%

Arguments

B={}: Character. Specifies background colors. Refer to Dynamic Text O Directive {B} Operator.
C={}: Character. Specifies foreground colors. Refer to Dynamic Text O Directive {C} Operator.
{@@}: Character. Indicates that the text has embedded formatting. Refer to Dynamic Text O Directive {@@} Operator.

Description

The O directive allows you to format dynamic text. When you have multiple directives in a Format string, you separate them with semi-colons ";".

Example

dim text as C
dim formatted_text as C
text = "Alpha Anywhere Can Do Colored Dynamic Text"
font_color = "Dark Blue"
background_color = "Win3d"
flag = .t.
formatted_text = "{B="+background_color+"}" + "{C="+font_color+"}" + text
ui_dlg_box("Colored Text",<<%dlg%
Below is an example of 'owner draw' dynamic text;
{lf};
{frame=1,1}
{text=%O={@@}%100,3:formatted_text?flag};
{lf};
Text: .40text!change Font color: %c%.20font_color!change;
{lf};
(flag) Enable/Disable text;
%dlg%,<<%code%
if (a_dlg_button = "change") then
    a_dlg_button = ""
    formatted_text = "{B="+background_color+"}" + "{C="+font_color+"}" + text
end if
%code%)