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Re: DrawString Question

#2474
From: James A. Schulz
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 00:00
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Joi,

I'm really new at this.  How do I set the foreground color to the background
color?

thanks,

James

"Joi Ellis [TeamB]" <joi@aravox.com> wrote in message
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> James A. Schulz <jaschulz@wiseware.com> wrote:
> > Why doesn't the code below effectively erase the "this is a test"
string?
>
> > public void paint(Graphics g){
> >     g.drawString("this is a test",20,120);
> >     g.drawString("                ",20,120);
> >   }
>
> > P.S.  what is the right way to erase a string?
>
> Hrm.  I draw exactly the same string with the foreground color set to
> the background color.  Your method won't work consistantly for
variable-width
> fonts.
>
>
> --
> Joi Ellis (TeamB)
> No direct email, please.
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