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xPaintText

All settings mentioned in this class, need a prefix. This prefix is explained in the documentation of the module that uses this class.

Examples: 

xTaskbarActiveButton...
MyLabel...
xPopupFolder...

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Values between [ and ] are optional
BOOL
Boolean value (true or false)
COLOR
Color in Hex (FFFFFF = White, 000000 = Black, …)
INT
A number
STRING
A word, usually beginning with a period (.) or a quoted text

Settings

FontAddToGroup STRING [STRING] [STRING] […]
The parameters are: (group-name1) (group-name2) (group-name3) …
Adds the xPaintText to the specified group.
Please don't use this as normal AddToGroup, this is a special setting only very few themers will ever need.
Overrides the module internal AddToGroup, if available.
Only the first group has full support for adding itself to another group. The other groups do not. So (group-name2)AddToGroup SomeGroup will not work as expected.
FontVisible BOOL
If you set this value to false, you can prevent the text from being painted.

Layout

FontAlign STRING
STRING can be .left, .center or .right.
Sets the horizontal text alignment.
If no value is provided, then the default is .center.
FontVertAlign STRING
STRING can be .top, .center or .bottom.
Sets the vertical text alignment.
If no value is provided, then the default is .center.
FontBorders INT INT INT INT
FontBorders INT INT
FontBorders INT
Accepts 4, 2 or 1 INT value(s), which define the borders.
The values provided are either Left Right Top Bottom, Left/Right Top/Bottom, or Left/Right/Top/Bottom.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
FontLeftBorder INT
Sets the number of pixels on the left edge to reserve as a border.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
FontRightBorder INT
Sets the number of pixels on the right edge to reserve as a border.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
FontTopBorder INT
Sets the number of pixels on the top edge to reserve as a border.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
FontBottomBorder INT
Sets the number of pixels on the bottom edge to reserve as a border.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
FontRotation INT
The parameter is degrees
Rotates the text degrees degrees.
degrees can take values from -360 to 360.
Minimum Requirement: xPaintClass-1.0 Update 4.

Appearance

Font STRING
Sets the name of the font used to display text.
If no value is provided, then the default is "Arial".
FontCharSet STRING
Sets the CharSet to use with the current font (mostly important for eastern fonts).
The following CharSets are possible:
  • DEFAULT_CHARSET
  • ANSI_CHARSET
  • BALTIC_CHARSET
  • CHINESEBIG5_CHARSET
  • EASTEUROPE_CHARSET
  • GB2312_CHARSET
  • GREEK_CHARSET
  • HANGUL_CHARSET
  • MAC_CHARSET
  • RUSSIAN_CHARSET
  • SHIFTJIS_CHARSET
  • SYMBOL_CHARSET
  • TURKISH_CHARSET
  • VIETNAMESE_CHARSET
  • JOHAB_CHARSET
  • ARABIC_CHARSET
  • HEBREW_CHARSET
  • THAI_CHARSET
  • OEM_CHARSET
FontHeight INT
Sets the height of the font used to display the text in pixels.
If no value is provided, then the default is 15.
FontColor COLOR
Sets the color of the font used to display the text.
If no value is provided, then the default is #000000.
FontBold BOOL
If this command is present the font will be bold.
FontItalic BOOL
If this command is present the font will be italic.
FontUnderline BOOL
If this command is present the font will be underlined.
FontShadow BOOL
If this command is present the font will be shadowed.
FontShadowX INT
Sets the number of pixels in the horizontal direction that the shadow is offset from the rest of the text, this can be negative.
If no value is provided, then the default is 1.
FontShadowY INT
Sets the number of pixels in the vertical direction that the shadow is offset from the rest of the text; this can be negative.
If no value is provided, then the default is 1.
FontShadowBlocked INT
The Font is drawn like a "Block" with the specified height, use together with the FontShadowColor.
FontShadowColor COLOR
Sets the color used to display the text shadow.
If no value is provided, then the default is dark gray (#808080).
FontOutline BOOL
If this command is present it makes a one pixel outline around the whole letter.
You cannot have a font shadow together with an outline.
FontOutlineExtra BOOL
If this command is present the outline is painted fully around the text, otherwise it's painted only at the 4 sides.
That's just a minor visual difference, but now you can choose, which one is more your taste.
FontOutlineColor COLOR
Sets the color used to display the text outline.
If no value is provided, then the default is dark gray (#808080).
FontEmbossColor1 COLOR
You can emboss the text or create only an outlined text (transparent inside).
Single color (Color1) defined: Looks like an outline (both parts have the same color)
FontEmbossColor2 COLOR
You can emboss the text or create only an outlined text (transparent inside).
Two colors (Color1 and Color2) defined: Depending on the font, background and choosen colors it looks like an embossed text.
FontSmoothing BOOL
If this command is set to false, then font smoothing is deactivated.
The default is true, font smoothing is enabled.
FontClearType BOOL
If this command is set to false, then cleartype font smoothing is deactivated.
The default is true, cleartype font smoothing is enabled.
FontNoEllipsis BOOL
If this command is present the text that is too long will NOT be cropped and replaced with "…"

Transparency features

FontAlphaTransparency INT
Makes the font alphatransparent.
Valid values are 0-255, where 0 is totally transparent and 255 is opaque.
Default is 255.
OS requirement: Windows 2000 or newer
FontTextFade INT INT INT INT
FontTextFade INT INT
FontTextFade INT
Accepts 4, 2 or 1 INT value(s), which define the number of pixels on which the text fades out at the sides.
The values provided are either Left Right Top Bottom, Left/Right Top/Bottom, or Left/Right/Top/Bottom.
OS requirement: Windows 2000 or newer
FontLeftTextFade INT
Sets the number of pixels on which the text fades out at the left edge.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
OS requirement: Windows 2000 or newer
FontRightTextFade INT
Sets the number of pixels on which the text fades out at right edge.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
OS requirement: Windows 2000 or newer
FontTopTextFade INT
Sets the number of pixels on which the text fades out at the top edge.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
OS requirement: Windows 2000 or newer
FontBottomTextFade INT
Sets the number of pixels on which the text fades out at the bottom edge.
If no value is provided, then the default is 0.
OS requirement: Windows 2000 or newer