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DynaPDF.SetFieldFont

Sets or changes the font of a form field.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
DynaPDF	5.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "DynaPDF.SetFieldFont"; PDF; Field; Name; Style; Size; Embed; CodePage ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

PDF The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New. $pdf

Field The field index or field name. "FirstName"

Name Font name for new font to set or empty text to deactivate current font. "Arial"

Style Font style value. Can be a combination of values 1 for italic, 2 for bold, 4 for underlined and 8 for striked. 3

Size Font size in points. 12

Embed Whether to embed font in PDF. Can be 1 to embed or 0 to not embed. 1

CodePage The code page to use. Default is 1252 for Windows ANSI. Code page can be 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 8859-2, 8859-3, 8859-4, 8859-5, 8859-6, 8859-7, 8859-8, 8859-9, 8859-10, 8859-13, 8859-14, 8859-15, 8859-16, Symbol, 437, 737, 775, 850, 852, 855, 857, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 869, 874, Unicode "Unicode"

Parameter	Description	Example
PDF	The PDF reference returned from DynaPDF.New.	$pdf
Field	The field index or field name.	"FirstName"
Name	Font name for new font to set or empty text to deactivate current font.	"Arial"
Style	Font style value. Can be a combination of values 1 for italic, 2 for bold, 4 for underlined and 8 for striked.	3
Size	Font size in points.	12
Embed	Whether to embed font in PDF. Can be 1 to embed or 0 to not embed.	1
CodePage	The code page to use. Default is 1252 for Windows ANSI. Code page can be 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 8859-2, 8859-3, 8859-4, 8859-5, 8859-6, 8859-7, 8859-8, 8859-9, 8859-10, 8859-13, 8859-14, 8859-15, 8859-16, Symbol, 437, 737, 775, 850, 852, 855, 857, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 869, 874, Unicode	"Unicode"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Sets or changes the font of a form field.
Form fields support natively only the code pages 1252 and MacRoman.
See dynapdf_help manual for details.
You need to set CMap directory first with DynaPDF.SetCMapDir.

See also SetFieldFont function in DynaPDF manual.

Examples

Set unicode font:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.SetCMapDir"; $pdf; "/Users/cs/Desktop/CMap"; "Recursive" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "DynaPDF.SetFieldFont"; $pdf; "Test"; "Arial"; 0; 12; 1; "Unicode") ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("DynaPDF.SetTextFieldValue"; $pdf; "Test"; "你好世界"; ""; "Left") ]

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Created 19th March 2015, last changed 16th December 2020

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