Controllng the font

[SomersetGraham]

Hello everyone

Is there a way of setting the font size for an element added by my addin?

TIA

Graham

[Geert Bellekens]

Look into the style-something fields/columns.
They have some sort of character separated key=value pair format.

Geert

[SomersetGraham]

I'll take a look

[SomersetGraham]

Hi again
I belive I need to change the ObjectStyle column in the t_diagramobjects table
This has this format

Code: [Select]

DUID=6C6E0B46;font=Arial;fontsz=120;bold=0;italic=0;ul=0;charset=0;pitch=34;

Does anyone know what the DUID is
Graham

[Geert Bellekens]

I think that is the first part of a GUID.

Geert

[SomersetGraham]

Hi Geert
So if I add an element to a diagram how do I generate the DUID?

Graham

[Geert Bellekens]

take a substring of a GUID.ToString()?

Geert

[SomersetGraham]

Hi Geeert
The value of DUID does not form part of the guid??
Graham

[Geert Bellekens]

I don't know for sure, but I think it is the first part of "some" real GUID.
I'm even less sure its the first part of the elements GUID. :-/

Geert

[SomersetGraham]

Ok Geert
I'll try asking Sparx
Graham

[SomersetGraham]

Hi
Ok it seems that the value applied the EA.DiagramObject.Style does NOT have to be in the format in the help file.
i.e. to set the font I can use the string

Code: [Select]

font=Arial;fontsz=90;bold=0;italic=0;ul=0;charset=0;pitch=34

However this does bot generate a value for DUID in the database which you do get if you adjust the font manually

Does anyone know whether this is important

Graham

[Geert Bellekens]

Graham,

You can verify if this duid value is used somewhere else by exporting the whole model to xmi and then do a text search.

Geert

[SomersetGraham]

Thanks Geert