function FontToStr(font: TFont): string;
procedure yes(var str:string);
begin
str := str + 'y';
end;
procedure no(var str:string);
begin
str := str + 'n';
end;
begin
{encode all attributes of a TFont into a string}
Result := '';
Result := Result + IntToStr(font.Color) + '|';
Result := Result + IntToStr(font.Height) + '|';
Result := Result + font.Name + '|';
Result := Result + IntToStr(Ord(font.Pitch)) + '|';
Result := Result + IntToStr(font.PixelsPerInch) + '|';
Result := Result + IntToStr(font.size) + '|';
if fsBold in font.style then yes(Result) else no(Result);
if fsItalic in font.style then yes(Result) else no(Result);
if fsUnderline in font.style then yes(Result) else no(Result);
if fsStrikeout in font.style then yes(Result) else no(Result);
end;
procedure StrToFont(str: string; font: TFont);
begin
if str = '' then Exit;
font.Color := StrToInt(tok('|', str));
font.Height := StrToInt(tok('|', str));
font.Name := tok('|', str);
font.Pitch := TFontPitch(StrToInt(tok('|', str)));
font.PixelsPerInch := StrToInt(tok('|', str));
font.Size := StrToInt(tok('|', str));
font.Style := [];
if str[0] = 'y' then font.Style := font.Style + [fsBold];
if str[1] = 'y' then font.Style := font.Style + [fsItalic];
if str[2] = 'y' then font.Style := font.Style + [fsUnderline];
if str[3] = 'y' then font.Style := font.Style + [fsStrikeout];
end;
function tok(sep: string; var s: string): string;
function isoneof(c, s: string): Boolean;
var
iTmp: integer;
begin
Result := False;
for iTmp := 1 to Length(s) do
begin
if c = Copy(s, iTmp, 1) then
begin
Result := True;
Exit;
end;
end;
end;
var
c, t: string;
begin
if s = '' then
begin
Result := s;
Exit;
end;
c := Copy(s, 1, 1);
while isoneof(c, sep) do
begin
s := Copy(s, 2, Length(s) - 1);
c := Copy(s, 1, 1);
end;
t := '';
while (not isoneof(c, sep)) and (s <> '') do
begin
t := t + c;
s := Copy(s, 2, length(s)-1);
c := Copy(s, 1, 1);
end;
Result := t;
end;
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Note that you can keep stuff like this really handy by creating your own
subclass of the TIniFile class, and adding routines like this.