mMyBMFont.toString() Error!

Such code crashes simulator:

myFont = Ui.loadResource(Rez.Fonts.SomeFont);
var str = mFont.toString();

In console window I have this:

Device Version 0.1.0
Device id 1 name "A garmin device"
Shell Version 0.1.0
Socket Error in packet header 0
Connection Finished
Closing shell and port

I expected something not null but maybe I shouldn't?

Peter

sis651 over 9 years ago

You want to convert a font to string? Don't know what you expect.
If you'll specify a font for a text you can make it in drawText function while writing that text on the screen.

jim_m_58 over 9 years ago

I have no idea what "toString()" should return here (I double anything worthwhile, actually), but this call shouldn't crash the simulator, and to me that's a bug in the simulator. If the font wasn't available, you'd get a compile error, IIRC.

What are you expecting to get back with toString()? There might be another way to do that, or it could be something that's simply not available.

PiotrekZ5 over 9 years ago

I was hoping to get resource ID number or at least memory pointer. Font works fine but I did it only out of curiosity because I have to use code like this:

class MyDrawable extends Ui.Drawable
{
  hidden var m_Font;
  hidden const c_LastFont = 8;

  function initialize(params)
  {
    var mx = params.get(:x);
    var my = params.get(:y);

    m_Font = params.get(:font);

    if (m_Font > c_LastFont)
    {
      m_Font = Ui.loadResource(m_Font);
    }
    Ui.Drawable.initialize({:locX=>mx, :locY=>my});
  }

to get working font.

Peter