[BB1364]

hi

i have a screen, on this i want to draw some text using drawText in the Graphics function(). Now the problem is if i draw a very long screen then it is not shown fully on the screen. i want to add ellipses if the string is very long using drawText. I have tried to add DrawStyle.ELLIPSES but of no use.


Does anyone have any ideas please share it with me.


Thanks ..

[BB1364]

Never mind. Got it with a little deeper search.. Dint get it previously...

[CELITE]

This function:

PHP Code:

public int drawText(String text, 
                    int x,
                    int y,
                    int flags,
                    int width) 


In the graphics class should do what you're after. Width specifies the max width of the draw space (in your case Display.getWidth()) and flags is DrawStyle.ELLIPSES

[ashut_it]

Hi,

In my Application, I m using
drawText(char character,
int x,
int y,
int flags,
int width)
to draw all the characters.
Now the problem is all the characters are drawn perfectly except the letter 'r', 'L', '/', & '\', & this problem occurs only in BB 8120 & BB 8130 of 4.3.0JDE Version.

Earlier I was finding-out the width by
width = graphics.getFont().getAdvance(character);
which was returning the correct value for all letters but 'r', 'L', '/', & '\' are not rendered.

After applying your suggestion by giving the width as Display.getWidth(), in the below method
drawText(character, xPos, yPos, DrawStyle.LEFT | DrawStyle.TOP, Display.getWidth());

Now 'r' & 'L' are also displayed, each character is displayed perfectly, its working fine.

My concern is can i use Display.getWidth() in drawText to draw the characters ? will it be the correct way ? As we know the Display.getWidth() will return total drawing width of the display's drawable area which is not very much required for a single character to display on the screen.
But as your suggestion works fine & is a solution for me, i just wanted to be sure of passing the Display.getWidth() just to draw a single character.

Please provide your input on this.

Many Thanks for your suggestion.

-A

[CELITE]

If you're just drawing a single character, I would instead to the boundary check yourself by checking to see if x extends Display.getWidth(), and if so, do not draw the character.

[ashut_it]

Thanks