Blinking Text in 2.6 for Windows

[rohbe]

How do I make text blink in 2.6 for Windows on a form. In the old days it was SET COLOR TO (*) - do certain fonts have that capability?

Thanks,
Jean

 

[DSummZZZ]

Sorry, you're out of luck. There is no inherent blinking text in windows at all.
The only way you can make text blink is to change the color in a loop:

FOR zzz = 1 TO 100
   IF zzz % 2 = 0   &&... even
      @ 1,1 say 'TEST TEXT' color Rgb(128,0,0) &&... red
   ELSE 
      @ 1,1 say 'TEST TEXT' color Rgb(0,0,0)  &&... black
   ENDIF 
   WAIT WINDOW TIMEOUT .5
NEXT

-Dave S.-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[rgbean]

Jean,
The blinking in DOS was actually handled by the monitor's hardware. Windows "protects" you from writing directly to the hardware.

Rick

 

[rohbe]

Thanks, guess I'll just have to dump Windows and either go back to CPM or can we say Linux.

Jean

 

[BobDavis]

RG, is that the reason FPD will blink in full-screen mode but not in a DOS window? Is the DOS window effectively intrisic to WinXP (or whatever) and the box not?

I get other weirdness in a DOS window, like reduced brightness and slow cursor operation. Any idea how to rectify this?

 

[JRB-Bldr]

" guess I'll just have to dump Windows and either go back to CPM"

I'll assume that you are joking.

There are other screen attributes available to a FPW screen that should more than make up for the lack of a blinking font.

You can use:
* Different font styles
* Different size fonts
* Different font characteristics
Bold, Underline, Italicized
* Colored Fonts (Pen Color)
* Different Text Box colors in the background (Fill Color)

Good Luck,


JRB-Bldr
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