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05-Apr-03
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			Author: Jonas Bilinkevicius

How to rotate the text in a StringGrid cell by 90°

Answer:

Solve 1:

1   uses
2     {...} Grids;
3   
4   type
5     TForm1 = class(TForm)
6       StringGrid1: TStringGrid;
7       procedure StringGrid1DrawCell(Sender: TObject; ACol, ARow: Integer;
8         Rect: TRect; State: TGridDrawState);
9     end;
10  
11    {...}
12  
13  implementation
14  
15  {...}
16  
17  // Display text vertically in StringGrid cells
18  
19  procedure StringGridRotateTextOut(Grid: TStringGrid; ARow, ACol: Integer; Rect: 
20  TRect;
21    Schriftart: string; Size: Integer; Color: TColor; Alignment: TAlignment);
22  var
23    lf: TLogFont;
24    tf: TFont;
25  begin
26    // if the font is to big, resize it
27    if (Size > Grid.ColWidths[ACol] div 2) then
28      Size := Grid.ColWidths[ACol] div 2;
29    with Grid.Canvas do
30    begin
31      // Replace the font
32      Font.Name := Schriftart;
33      Font.Size := Size;
34      Font.Color := Color;
35      tf := TFont.Create;
36      try
37        tf.Assign(Font);
38        GetObject(tf.Handle, SizeOf(lf), @lf);
39        lf.lfEscapement := 900;
40        lf.lfOrientation := 0;
41        tf.Handle := CreateFontIndirect(lf);
42        Font.Assign(tf);
43      finally
44        tf.Free;
45      end;
46      // fill the rectangle
47      FillRect(Rect);
48      // Align text and write it
49      if Alignment = taLeftJustify then
50        TextRect(Rect, Rect.Left + 2, Rect.Bottom - 2, Grid.Cells[ACol, ARow]);
51      if Alignment = taCenter then
52        TextRect(Rect, Rect.Left + Grid.ColWidths[ACol] div 2 - Size +
53          Size div 3, Rect.Bottom - 2, Grid.Cells[ACol, ARow]);
54      if Alignment = taRightJustify then
55        TextRect(Rect, Rect.Right - Size - Size div 2 - 2, Rect.Bottom -
56          2, Grid.Cells[ACol, ARow]);
57    end;
58  end;



Solve 2:

Display text vertically in StringGrid cells 
59  
60  procedure StringGridRotateTextOut2(Grid: TStringGrid; ARow, ACol: Integer; Rect:
61    TRect;
62    Schriftart: string; Size: Integer; Color: TColor; Alignment: TAlignment);
63  var
64    NewFont, OldFont: Integer;
65    FontStyle, FontItalic, FontUnderline, FontStrikeout: Integer;
66  begin
67    // if the font is to big, resize it
68    if (Size > Grid.ColWidths[ACol] div 2) then
69      Size := Grid.ColWidths[ACol] div 2;
70    with Grid.Canvas do
71    begin
72      // Set font
73      if (fsBold in Font.Style) then
74        FontStyle := FW_BOLD
75      else
76        FontStyle := FW_NORMAL;
77  
78      if (fsItalic in Font.Style) then
79        FontItalic := 1
80      else
81        FontItalic := 0;
82  
83      if (fsUnderline in Font.Style) then
84        FontUnderline := 1
85      else
86        FontUnderline := 0;
87  
88      if (fsStrikeOut in Font.Style) then
89        FontStrikeout := 1
90      else
91        FontStrikeout := 0;
92  
93      Font.Color := Color;
94  
95      NewFont := CreateFont(Size, 0, 900, 0, FontStyle, FontItalic,
96        FontUnderline, FontStrikeout, DEFAULT_CHARSET,
97        OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, DEFAULT_QUALITY,
98        DEFAULT_PITCH, PChar(Schriftart));
99  
100     OldFont := SelectObject(Handle, NewFont);
101     // fill the rectangle
102     FillRect(Rect);
103     // Write text depending on the alignment
104     if Alignment = taLeftJustify then
105       TextRect(Rect, Rect.Left + 2, Rect.Bottom - 2, Grid.Cells[ACol, ARow]);
106     if Alignment = taCenter then
107       TextRect(Rect, Rect.Left + Grid.ColWidths[ACol] div 2 - Size + Size div 3,
108         Rect.Bottom - 2, Grid.Cells[ACol, ARow]);
109     if Alignment = taRightJustify then
110       TextRect(Rect, Rect.Right - Size - Size div 2 - 2, Rect.Bottom - 2,
111         Grid.Cells[ACol, ARow]);
112 
113     // Recreate reference to the old font
114     SelectObject(Handle, OldFont);
115     // Recreate reference to the new font
116     DeleteObject(NewFont);
117   end;
118 end;
119 
120 // Call the method in OnDrawCell
121 
122 procedure TForm1.StringGrid1DrawCell(Sender: TObject; ACol,
123   ARow: Integer; Rect: TRect; State: TGridDrawState);
124 begin
125   // In the second column: Rotate Text by 90° and left align the text
126   if ACol = 1 then
127     StringGridRotateTextOut(StringGrid1, ARow, ACol, Rect, 'ARIAL',
128       12, clRed, taLeftJustify);
129 
130   // In the third column: Center the text
131   if ACol = 2 then
132     StringGridRotateTextOut(StringGrid1, ARow, ACol, Rect, 'ARIAL', 12, clBlue,
133       taCenter);
134 
135   // In all other columns third row: right align the text
136   if ACol > 2 then
137     StringGridRotateTextOut(StringGrid1, ARow, ACol, Rect, 'ARIAL', 12, clGreen,
138       taRightJustify);
139 end;
140 
141 end.


			
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