Java Development

[misty83]

hi, i know that i can simply bold text using Font and FontFamily, par example:

FontFamily _fontFamily;
Font _font;

	try{
			
	_fontFamily = FontFamily.forName(_fontName);
	_font = _fontFamily.getFont(FontFamily.SCALABLE_FONT,    _fontSize).derive(Font.BOLD);

LabelField _field = new LabelField();			
_field.setFont(_font);

			
		}catch(Exception e){		}

and now, text that appears on the _field will be bold. but i would like to write a method that will bold the string.. par example: i want to add some text to the field, but i do not want all of it to be bold, only some, which i'll choose. is it possible to bold a string? so that i could then add to the field bolded (or not) stirng?

 kind regards

[bikas]

I am not really sure if it is possible to bold any string without adding any field.

But you can use RichTextField to format text with different fonts.

How To - Format text in a RichTextField
http://www.blackberry.com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/348583/800332/800505/800345/...

Regards

Bikas

[simon_hain]

the setFont is called for the whole field, there is no way to have it only for your string.
i don't think you can easily implement this behaviour by overwriting paint, best use a field where it is already implemented as bikas suggested.

[mantaker]

I had the same link to post here which bikas suggested, before my lunch.. Agree with the above two posters..

Cheers..