Settling a border dispute in .NET

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Like the color properties, the border properties aren t specific to the label These properties are available on most of the server controls: BorderStyle: Style of border BorderColor: Color of the border

BorderColor works just like the other color properties that I describe in the earlier section, Adding a splash of color BorderStyle has its own set of enumerated properties To make this one easy to remember, the object holding the enumerated properties is called BorderStyle So, if you want a red-on-yellow label with a green-dotted border, you can do it this way in the tag: <asp:label id= FlashyLabel runat= server ForeColor= Red BackColor= Yellow BorderColor= Green BorderStyle= Dotted Text= I m FLASHY! /><br> Or, you can do it this way in code: FlashyLabelForeColor = FlashyLabelBackColor = FlashyLabelBorderColor FlashyLabelBorderStyle DrawingColorRed DrawingColorYellow = DrawingColorGreen = BorderStyleDotted

BorderStyle offers lots of fun possibilities You can set it to any of the following enumeration values: Dashed Dotted Double None NotSet Solid You can even give your page a more 3D look with these options for BorderStyle: Inset: Inset border, sunken control Outset: Outset border, raised control Groove: Grooved, sunken border Ridge: Ridged, raised border

A font is the typeface of your text It determines whether your text looks simple and readable or extravagant and outlandish The Font object is built into the label control (and pretty much every other control that can display text)

You can use the properties of the Font object to determine exactly what the text in the label will look like Here s a list of the important Font properties: Names: A list of one or more names identifying the typeface you want to use The browser uses the first one in the list that it finds on the computer where the browser is running Common typefaces are Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New Size: The size of the text Bold, Italic, Underline: True/false settings indicating whether you want those styles added to the text To access the property of a subobject from a server control tag, you use a dash between the subobject name and the property within the subobject (For more information on setting subobject properties, see 8) Here s an example: <asp:label id= FlashyLabel runat= server font-names= Arial font-size= 30pt font-bold= true Text= I m FLASHY! /><br> This technique works whenever you re assigning a value to the property of a subobject in a server control tag To assign these values in code, the Bold, Underline, Italic, and Names properties work as you d expect them to: FlashyLabelFontBold = True FlashyLabelFontUnderline = True FlashyLabelFontItalic = True FlashyLabelFontNames = Arial But assigning the Font object s Size property is a little trickier You use an enumeration object called FontUnit Just as when you re assigning colors, you have two different options: enumeration properties or a method The following line is an example of using the enumeration property: FlashyLabelFontSize = FontUnitLarge Options for the enumerated properties are XXSmall, XSmall, Smaller, Small, Medium, Large, Larger, XLarge, and XXLarge You also can use these values inside quotes when specifying the size in the server control tag: <asp:label id= FlashyLabel runat= server font-names= Arial font-size= Smaller font-bold= true Text= I m FLASHY! /><br> Another option for specifying the size in code is to use the Point method: FlashyLabelFontSize = FontUnitPoint(12)

This example sets the text in the label to a size of 12 points Font is a subobject a property of an object, like a label, that is, itself, an object with its own properties In VWDE, subobjects like Font appear as a single entry in your Properties window with a + beside them If you click the plus sign, the Font opens up, and you see all its properties beneath it, such as Name, Size, Bold, Underline, and so on You can then set them as you would any other property For more information on the Property window, see 4