Title: 3D Labels (Lowered and Raised).
Question: How to create 3D labels?
Answer:
This procedure is very simple and useful. You still can customize it to accept more parameters. I hope you will enjoy it.
procedure Create3DLabel(oForm : TWinControl; const sText : String = 'Delphi'; iTop : Integer = 0; iLeft : Integer = 0; iDepth : Integer = 3; sFontName : String = 'Arail'; iFontSize : Integer = 10; const sLookingType : String = 'Raised');
var
oLabel1 : TLabel;
oLabel2 : TLabel;
begin
oLabel1 := TLabel.Create(oForm);
oLabel1.Parent := oForm;
oLabel1.Transparent := True;
oLabel1.Font.Name := sFontName;
oLabel1.Font.Size := iFontSize;
oLabel1.Caption := sText;
oLabel1.Font.Color := clWhite;
oLabel2 := TLabel.Create(oForm);
oLabel2.Parent := oForm;
oLabel2.Transparent := True;
oLabel2.Font.Name := sFontName;
oLabel2.Font.Size := iFontSize;
oLabel2.Caption := sText;
oLabel2.Font.Color := clBlack;
if sLookingType = 'Lowered' then begin
oLabel1.Top := iTop + iDepth;
oLabel1.Left := iLeft + iDepth;
oLabel2.Top := iTop;
oLabel2.Left := iLeft;
oLabel2.BringToFront;
end;
if sLookingType = 'Raised' then begin
oLabel1.Top := iTop - iDepth;
oLabel1.Left := iLeft - iDepth;
oLabel1.BringToFront;
oLabel2.Top := iTop;
oLabel2.Left := iLeft;
end;
end;
Examples of use:
(1)
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Create3DLabel(TWinControl(self),'Hello Word',10,10,2,'Times New Roman',72,'Lowered');
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(2)
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Create3DLabel(TWinControl(self),'Hello Word',100,100,3,'Times New Roman',72,'Raised');
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