TcxCanvas.DrawTexT(string,TRect,Integer,Boolean) Method

Draws formatted text within a specified rectangle on the canvas.

Declaration

procedure DrawTexT(const Text: string; R: TRect; Flags: Integer; Enabled: Boolean = True); overload;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Text	string	A text string to display.
R	TRect	The target rectangle on the canvas.
Flags	Integer	A set of formatting flags.
Enabled	Boolean	Specifies the Enabled state of the displayed text string.

Remarks

Call this procedure and pass a text string as the Text parameter to draw the string within a rectangle passed as the R parameter. The DrawTexT procedure uses the background color and font settings of the canvas to draw text.

You can pass False as the optional Enabled parameter to draw text for the disabled state of UI elements.

The Flags parameter accepts any combination of the following text draw mode flags:

Flag	Description
cxAlignBottom	Aligns text to the bottom of the target rectangle if the cxSingleLine flag is also set. This flag corresponds to the DT_BOTTOM flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxAlignCenter	Centers text within the target rectangle. This flag replaces a combination of the cxAlignHCenter and cxAlignVCenter flags.
cxAlignHCenter	Centers text horizontally within the rectangle. This flag corresponds to the DT_CENTER flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxAlignLeft	Aligns text to the left border of the target rectangle. This flag corresponds to the DT_LEFT flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxAlignRight	Aligns text to the right border of the target rectangle. This flag is ignored if the displayed text string is broken into multiple lines. This flag corresponds to the DT_RIGHT flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxAlignTop	Aligns text to the top border of the target rectangle. This flag is ignored if the displayed text string is broken into multiple lines. This flag corresponds to the DT_TOP flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxAlignVCenter	Centers text vertically within the target rectangle. This flag is ignored if the displayed text string is broken into multiple lines. This flag corresponds to the DT_VCENTER flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxDontBreakChars	Forces the DrawText procedure to retain a partially visible last text line. Otherwise, the clipped text line is hidden. The cxDontBreakChars flag is ignored if the cxWordBreak flag is not set. This flag disables the DT_EDITCONTROL flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxDontClip	The DrawText procedure displays text without clipping. This flag slightly increases performance. This flag corresponds to the DT_NOCLIP flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxDontPrint	The DrawText procedure calculates the rectangle required to display the specified text. Text will not be drawn. This flag corresponds to the DT_CALCRECT flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxExpandTabs	Expands tab characters. The default number of characters per tab is eight. This flag corresponds to the DT_EXPANDTABS flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxShowEndEllipsis	The DrawText procedure crops the last portion of text that does not fit into the target rectangle and displays an ellipsis at the end of the visible text. This flag corresponds to the DT_END_ELLIPSIS flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxShowPrefix	Forces the DrawTexT procedure to parse prefix characters. If this flag is set, the procedure hides the ampersand character (&) in source text and underscores the following character. To display a single ampersand character in this mode, you need to insert two ampersands into source text (&&). This flag disables the DT_NOPREFIX flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxShowPathEllipsis	The DrawTexT procedure replaces a portion of text in the middle of the displayed string with an ellipsis if text does not fit into the target rectangle. If the displayed string contains backslash () characters, the DrawText procedure preserves as much text as possible after the last backslash. This flag corresponds to the DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxSingleLine	Forces the DrawTexT procedure to display text in a single line only. Carriage return and line feed characters are ignored in this mode. This flag corresponds to the DT_SINGLELINE flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.
cxWordBreak	The DrawTexT procedure breaks text into multiple lines between words if a word extends beyond the edge of the target rectangle. Carriage return and line feed characters create additional line breaks. A carriage return/line feed sequence also breaks the line. Use the cxDontBreakChars flag value to specify whether the last line of text is partially visible. This flag corresponds to the DT_WORDBREAK flag in an underlying GDI DrawText function call.