Using System.Windows.Forms.Label and System.Windows.Forms.FontDialog

The following example demonstrates

• The use of the System.Windows.Forms.Label DotNetControl to output formatted text to a rollout.
• Setting the Font of the Label using a System.Windows.Forms.FontDialog DotNetObject
• Getting and Setting the Alignment of the Label
• Getting and Setting the Foreground and Background Colors of the Label

 

( global label_test  --declare a global variable to hold the test rollout try(destroyDialog label_test)catch() --try to destroy it if it already exists as a dialog local theDialog = dotNetObject "System.Windows.Forms.FontDialog" --create a FontDialog DotNetObject rollout label_test "Label Demo" --define the rollout ( dotNetControl dn_control "System.Windows.Forms.Label" width:200 height:100 --create a LABEL DotNetControl dropdownlist ddl_Align items:#() --create a MAXScript dropdown list control button btn_changeFont "Change Font" across:3 --create a MAXScript button colorpicker clr_forecolor align:#right  --create a color picker for the text color colorpicker clr_backcolor align:#right --create a color picker for the background color on btn_changeFont pressed do  --when the button is pressed (   theResult = theDialog.ShowDialog() --open the Font dialog   if theResult.Equals theResult.OK do --if the OK button was pressed     dn_control.font = theDialog.font  --set the font of the Label to the Font selected in the Font Dialog ) on ddl_Align selected itm do --if an item was selected from the dropdown list   try(dn_control.TextAlign = (getProperty dn_control.TextAlign ddl_Align.selected))catch() --try to set the TextAlign property to that value on label_test open do  --if the rollout was just opened ( ddl_Align.items = for i in (getPropNames dn_control.TextAlign) collect i as string --collect the TextAlign enums into the dropdown list items array dn_control.text = "This is a label.\nIt can contain multiple lines." --set the text of the label dn_control.TextAlign = (getProperty dn_control.TextAlign ddl_Align.selected) --set the alignment to the current list selection theFC = dn_control.forecolor  --get the default foreground color of the control clr_forecolor.color = color theFC.r theFC.g theFC.b --and assign to the color picker theBC = dn_control.backcolor --get the default foreground color of the control clr_backcolor.color = color theBC.r theBC.g theBC.b --and assign to the color picker ) on clr_forecolor changed clr do --if the user picked a new color, set the text color to it   dn_control.forecolor = dn_control.forecolor.fromARGB clr.r clr.g clr.b on clr_backcolor changed clr do --if the user picked a new color, set the background color to it   dn_control.backcolor = dn_control.backcolor.fromARGB clr.r clr.g clr.b ) createDialog label_test 220 160 )