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8 - More Limitations
Of course, this paLabel class suffers from limitations as well. Most significantly:- The background is always white, and the text is always black.
- There is no justification.
- Effects aren't possible, aside from changing the font.
S16 DrawText( const char *text,
S16 x, S16 y,
const FONT *font=0,
COLOR foreground=0,
COLOR background=0,
S32 len=-1,
ImgCmb mode= IMG_CMB_SRC );
The parameters for the full function call
include the text string, x and y coordinates
for drawing, and optional parameters: font,
foreground and background colors, length,
and copy mode. The length allows you to limit
display to a group of characters instead
of the whole string, while using -1 indicates
the whole string is to be drawn. The copy
mode indicates how the string is drawn, with
the default IMG_CMB_SRC drawing the same
as CLabel. These last parameters are all
optional, and will default to drawing the
full string in black on white, in the default
window font.
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