[scribus] Setting text colour in text frame does not seem to work using Python [SOLVED]

[O'Brien-Strain, Eamonn]

OK, I figured it out.

The setTextColor has to be called AFTER the text has been inserted into the text box.

So this original code of mine did not work:

  t2 = createText(100,200,100,100)
  setTextColor( "mycolor", t2 )
  insertText( "text color set", -1, t2 )

But this did work:

  t2 = createText(100,200,100,100)
  insertText( "text color set", -1, t2 )
  setTextColor( "mycolor", t2 )

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Eamonn


> -----Original Message-----
> From: O'Brien-Strain, Eamonn 
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 12:18
> To: 'scribus at lists.scribus.net'
> Subject: Setting text colour in text frame does not seem to 
> work using Python
> 
> I cannot seem to get the setTextColor Python call to work.
> 
> Below is an example script that reproduces the problem.  It 
> creates three text boxes.
> (1) The first one has no properties set and the text appears 
> as black as expected.
> (2) The second text box has its textColor property set, but 
> this does not seem to have any effect and the text still 
> appears as black.
> (3) The third text box has the fillColor property set, and as 
> expected the background appears coloured, which means the 
> colour is defined properly.
> 
> Is there some error in how I am making these Python calls?  
> Or is there a bug in Scribus?
> 
> I have tried this on version 1.3.5 on Linux that I build from 
> SVN several months ago.  I also tried it on a Windows version 
> of 1.3.5svn that I downloaded a few months ago.
> 
> Thanks,
> __
> Eamonn 
> 
> ======================================================================
> from scribus import *
> 
> t1 = createText(100,100,100,100)
> insertText( "no color set", -1, t1 )
> 
> defineColor( "mycolor", 0, 120, 255, 10 )
> 
> t2 = createText(100,200,100,100)
> setTextColor( "mycolor", t2 )
> insertText( "text color set", -1, t2 )
> 
> t3 = createText(100,300,100,100)
> setFillColor( "mycolor", t3 )
> insertText( "fill color set", -1, t3 )
> ==============================================================
> ========