Font Change for Grid and Memo

Hi Adam,
I'm struggling to see why you would want to interactively change the font, size, colours etc - maybe someone else could have a look at it (but after a quick glance of the code, it seems that you are now wanting to load 2 different font settings but you only have 1 'savefont' procedure, so both grid and memo will always take the font settings of whatever was last saved).
With regard to the other points, attached is the way that I use to add text either at the end of a memo or part way through it (either by using the mouse or positioning with the keyboard).  It's only a couple of lines of code so it's probably the simplest (which is why I use it - LOL!) but there may be other (better?) ways to do it.
My attachment demonstrates your 'dates' example, but the principle is exactly the same for inserting anything from whatever combobox drop downs you want to place on the form, so you just copy and paste the code as required.  I've used it quite a bit in apps for inserting names and addresses, part numbers and descriptions - that sort of thing.
I've also done it 'on click' of the drop down rather than using a separate button - just seemed a bit neater - but you can put it back on a button if needed.
Regards,
Derek.

procedure Form1_Button22_OnClick (Sender: string; var Cancel: boolean);
begin
    OpenFile('C:\Windows\system32\charmap.exe');
end;

You could always take a subset of the symbols from charmap and add them to a drop-down list and then insert them into the memo as required (in the same way I outlined in my previous post). 
Bear in mind that not all symbols will be supported (but you can see which ones work and which ones don't when you add them to the list - the ones that don't work appear as a small rectangle).
Derek.

Hi Adam and Happy New Year to one and all,
If you want to insert the cell contents (text, symbols - anything) from a tablegrid rather than a combobox, I'd do it this way (see attached) but as always, there may be other options;  I've attached it to a cell_click event rather than a button (it's one click less) - LOL!
Regards,
Derek

Hi Adam,
Have a look at the attached for having different font styles for different fields (I've cut out all of the code relating to the other issues so I could see more clearly what was needed for the fonts problem.  If it does what you need, you can just cut and paste it back into your original project).
One thing I can't get a handle on is saving different combinations of font styles (ie bold AND italic, bold AND underline etc), but if I remember rightly, that was also an issue in Dmitry's original font change sample project (so I guess I'm in good company!).
With regard to inserting horizontal lines, you could just add '___________'  or '-----------------'  etc to your tablegrid of symbols;  however, you don't know how many dashes or underscores you need to fill a line because, although the memo box on the form is a set width, because you have introduced the facility to change the font, font size etc, you can't tell what will ever fit properly.
Derek.

Hi Adam,
"Regular" font style has a value of 0, "Bold" is 1, "Italic" is 2, "Bold Italic" is 3. "Underline" is 4. "Strikeout" is 8. If you have "Bold Underline" then the value is the combination of "Bold" (1) and "Underline" (4) for a value of 5.  Just an FYI, you are not obligated to store these values in the Windows Registry. You can also store your app settings in an "ini" file or just a plain text "txt' or 'csv" file. Or in a table similar to your stopwatch project.

However, in my personal opinion, I would not allow users to change fonts on components in a project. You are opening yourself up to a whole lot of issues and a whole lot of script to accommodate for all the possible combinations of fonts and sizes of components. I just would not want to tackle such a task. Instead, I would sit down with users during the design phase of the project to decide on a predetermined style of components and leave it at that. But this is just my personal opinion.

As far as inserting a line, I have done just what Derek has shown and used dashes to separate sections of a memo field. You really do not need to put a full line across the memo field for separation. I have projects where memo fields are used more or less as a journal. I typically use a series of 10 or 20 dashes on a line and a date on another line and it visually looks fine for a separation..

I know this isn't what you are looking for, but I'm just trying to keep you from having a lot of headaches down the road. :-)

Adam,
Attached is a sample use of an ini file to store fonts for controls.

Issues you need to address when inserting a full line across a memo field is how many dashes you need to produce for the width of the memo field. For each font/font size (and there are a lot) you need to know how many pixels are needed for one dash, then do a calculation utilizing the pixel width of the memo field, then do a loop to propagate the number of dashes. What makes it worse is if you place multiple lines throughout the memo field and then change the font of the memo field, you would need to go back through the memo field and retrieve all the dash lines and recalculate and re-propagate all the lines. There are a lot of fonts and font sizes. I just don't see that it would be worth the effort. I would simply use a smaller number of dashes like 10 or 20 as suggested. Then it will not matter what the font/font size is, unless you change the font size to something extraordinary like 72.

Hope this helps. Happy New Year to you too!

Hi
I need disable "Double click" and "Enter" functions  of the table grid. I don´t want run the edit form with those functions. Only  with a buttons.
Thanks