CmdText

Action

Draw Text.

 

 

Syntax

CmdText x, y, font, options, string

 

 

Remarks

x	x-coordinate of text base, in pixels
y	y-coordinate of text base, in pixels
font	Internal Fonts 16-31, User Defined Fonts 0-14
options	By default (x,y) is the top-left pixel of the text (options = 0). OPT_CENTERX centers the text horizontally OPT_CENTERY centers it vertically OPT_CENTER centers the text in both directions OPT_RIGHTX right-justifies the text, so that the x is the rightmost pixel.
string	text to display

 

 

Example

ClearScreen
ColorRGB &H80, &H80, &H00
CmdText FT_DispWidth/2, FT_DispHeight/2, 31, OPT_CENTER, "Bascom is here"
 
UpdateScreen
 
 
 
' Plain text at (0,0) in the largest font
CmdText 0, 0, 31, 0, "Text!"

' Using a smaller font
CmdText 0, 0, 26, 0, "Text!"

' Centered horizontally
CmdText 80, 60, 31, OPT_CENTERX, "Text!"

' Right-justified
CmdText 80, 60, 31, OPT_RIGHTX, "Text!"

' Centered vertically
CmdText 80, 60, 31, OPT_CENTERY, "Text!"

' Centered both horizontally and vertically
CmdText 80, 60, 31, OPT_CENTER, "Text!"

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