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Re: Control the font in a text view

As you have discovered, the font you set in Interface Builder doesn't stick. You can, however, set the font in your code. You need to use a "call method". Add this line to your code:

	set its font to call method "fontWithName:size:" of class "NSFont" with parameters {"Courier", 14}

So your code looks like this:

	tell text view 1 of scroll view 1 of window "Lyrics"
		set its font to call method "fontWithName:size:" of class "NSFont" with parameters {"Courier", 14}
		set its contents to myString
	end tell

The font and font size that you want for the text view is set in the parameters of that line ... {"Courier", 14}. If you wanted a font style other than regular, e.g. if you wanted the text in the text view displayed in Times Italic, 18 point, then the parameters would be ... {"Times-Italic", 18}

Hope that helps

Philip



 On Sun 11/05/08  6:05 AM , Gil Dawson email@hidden sent:
> As my first AS project, I have managed to create a little window with 
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> a few buttons and a text view that displays the contents of myString 
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> when my program executes the following code:
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> tell text view 1 of scroll view 1 of window "Lyrics"
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> set its contents to myString
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> end tell
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> I would like to display this string in a monospaced font, like Monaco 
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> or Courier, for example.  Any ideas on how to do this?
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> I tried...
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> in Interface Builder, I...
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> selected the Text View
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> (or the Scroll View; it doesn't seem to make any difference)
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> pulled down from Format to Font to "Show Fonts"
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> in the Font floating window that appeared,
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> selected "Fixed Width" Courier" "Regular" "12"
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> (Here I wasn't sure what to do so I...)
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> closed the Font floating window
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> Then I clicked "Build and Go" and "Save All".  In a few seconds, my 
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> app launched and myString appeared in the window, but still in the 
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> same old proportional font.
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> Any suggestions?
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> 
> 
> --Gil
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