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I'm trying to set the color of a font's material without using tags.  I have a project where multiple fonts in different scenes will change color based on a selected style.  The goal is to create a single font where the size, leading, and kerning are set and a script will change the color.  I'm trying to avoid creating multiple fonts for a scene, where I would them have to update each font if there is change.  I have a script that I'm testing, but so far it is not working.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

Instead of using "Engine.GetFontByName" try using "Self.Project.GetFontByName".

If that change works, I cannot explain why it does; it just does. It fixed a problem when I was making materials.

I'm trying to set the color of a font's material without using tags.  I have a project where multiple fonts in different scenes will change color based on a selected style.  The goal is to create a single font where the size, leading, and kerning are set and a script will change the color.  I'm trying to avoid creating multiple fonts for a scene, where I would them have to update each font if there is change.  I have a script that I'm testing, but so far it is not working.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

Thank you for the suggestion.  I tried that with no luck.

Instead of using "Engine.GetFontByName" try using "Self.Project.GetFontByName".

If that change works, I cannot explain why it does; it just does. It fixed a problem when I was making materials.

I'm trying to set the color of a font's material without using tags.  I have a project where multiple fonts in different scenes will change color based on a selected style.  The goal is to create a single font where the size, leading, and kerning are set and a script will change the color.  I'm trying to avoid creating multiple fonts for a scene, where I would them have to update each font if there is change.  I have a script that I'm testing, but so far it is not working.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

You are setting the ColorDiffuse on the fontLayer, not the material. Also, your material is not declared.

dim txtStyle as xpTextObject
dim fontTitle as xpFont
dim fontStyle as xpFontLayerAttrib
dim matFont as xpMaterial
Self.Project.GetFontByName("FS Title", fontTitle)
Self.GetObjectByName("Style", txtStyle)
fontTitle.GetLayerAttribByName("Face", fontStyle)
fontStyle.GetMaterial(matFont)
If (txtStyle.Text = "Blue" OR txtStyle.Text = "Elections") Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(0,47,124,100)
Else If txtStyle.Text = "Red" Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(156,2,1,100)
Else If txtStyle.Text = "Sports" Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(80,94,101,100)
End If

Use Self.Project instead of Engine because Engine can affect materials from one Scene to another.

Fingers crossed.

Thank you for the suggestion.  I tried that with no luck.

Instead of using "Engine.GetFontByName" try using "Self.Project.GetFontByName".

If that change works, I cannot explain why it does; it just does. It fixed a problem when I was making materials.

I'm trying to set the color of a font's material without using tags.  I have a project where multiple fonts in different scenes will change color based on a selected style.  The goal is to create a single font where the size, leading, and kerning are set and a script will change the color.  I'm trying to avoid creating multiple fonts for a scene, where I would them have to update each font if there is change.  I have a script that I'm testing, but so far it is not working.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

Thank you.  You're right in that I forgot to declare the material.  However, upon further testing I found that the "Face" attribute does not seem to be setting the material.  I can declare the other font attributes (border, neon, stroke, shadow) and see the color change as expected, but the "Face" attribute does not set.  Update code below.  Note ".Enabled" and ".Size" were used to test the other attributes to verify the code was working.

You are setting the ColorDiffuse on the fontLayer, not the material. Also, your material is not declared.

dim txtStyle as xpTextObject
dim fontTitle as xpFont
dim fontStyle as xpFontLayerAttrib
dim matFont as xpMaterial
Self.Project.GetFontByName("FS Title", fontTitle)
Self.GetObjectByName("Style", txtStyle)
fontTitle.GetLayerAttribByName("Face", fontStyle)
fontStyle.GetMaterial(matFont)
If (txtStyle.Text = "Blue" OR txtStyle.Text = "Elections") Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(0,47,124,100)
Else If txtStyle.Text = "Red" Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(156,2,1,100)
Else If txtStyle.Text = "Sports" Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(80,94,101,100)
End If

Use Self.Project instead of Engine because Engine can affect materials from one Scene to another.

Fingers crossed.

Thank you for the suggestion.  I tried that with no luck.

Instead of using "Engine.GetFontByName" try using "Self.Project.GetFontByName".

If that change works, I cannot explain why it does; it just does. It fixed a problem when I was making materials.

I'm trying to set the color of a font's material without using tags.  I have a project where multiple fonts in different scenes will change color based on a selected style.  The goal is to create a single font where the size, leading, and kerning are set and a script will change the color.  I'm trying to avoid creating multiple fonts for a scene, where I would them have to update each font if there is change.  I have a script that I'm testing, but so far it is not working.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

could you just grab the font material by its name and then just adjust it like you would any other material? 

Thank you.  You're right in that I forgot to declare the material.  However, upon further testing I found that the "Face" attribute does not seem to be setting the material.  I can declare the other font attributes (border, neon, stroke, shadow) and see the color change as expected, but the "Face" attribute does not set.  Update code below.  Note ".Enabled" and ".Size" were used to test the other attributes to verify the code was working.

You are setting the ColorDiffuse on the fontLayer, not the material. Also, your material is not declared.

dim txtStyle as xpTextObject
dim fontTitle as xpFont
dim fontStyle as xpFontLayerAttrib
dim matFont as xpMaterial
Self.Project.GetFontByName("FS Title", fontTitle)
Self.GetObjectByName("Style", txtStyle)
fontTitle.GetLayerAttribByName("Face", fontStyle)
fontStyle.GetMaterial(matFont)
If (txtStyle.Text = "Blue" OR txtStyle.Text = "Elections") Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(0,47,124,100)
Else If txtStyle.Text = "Red" Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(156,2,1,100)
Else If txtStyle.Text = "Sports" Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(80,94,101,100)
End If

Use Self.Project instead of Engine because Engine can affect materials from one Scene to another.

Fingers crossed.

Thank you for the suggestion.  I tried that with no luck.

Instead of using "Engine.GetFontByName" try using "Self.Project.GetFontByName".

If that change works, I cannot explain why it does; it just does. It fixed a problem when I was making materials.

I'm trying to set the color of a font's material without using tags.  I have a project where multiple fonts in different scenes will change color based on a selected style.  The goal is to create a single font where the size, leading, and kerning are set and a script will change the color.  I'm trying to avoid creating multiple fonts for a scene, where I would them have to update each font if there is change.  I have a script that I'm testing, but so far it is not working.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

I figured out what was happening.  At one point I had multiple layers, one for each selectable style, in the font's face thinking I would use the ".Enable" command.  Removing the extra layers resolved the issue.  My final script is below.  Thank you everyone for your help!

could you just grab the font material by its name and then just adjust it like you would any other material? 

Thank you.  You're right in that I forgot to declare the material.  However, upon further testing I found that the "Face" attribute does not seem to be setting the material.  I can declare the other font attributes (border, neon, stroke, shadow) and see the color change as expected, but the "Face" attribute does not set.  Update code below.  Note ".Enabled" and ".Size" were used to test the other attributes to verify the code was working.

You are setting the ColorDiffuse on the fontLayer, not the material. Also, your material is not declared.

dim txtStyle as xpTextObject
dim fontTitle as xpFont
dim fontStyle as xpFontLayerAttrib
dim matFont as xpMaterial
Self.Project.GetFontByName("FS Title", fontTitle)
Self.GetObjectByName("Style", txtStyle)
fontTitle.GetLayerAttribByName("Face", fontStyle)
fontStyle.GetMaterial(matFont)
If (txtStyle.Text = "Blue" OR txtStyle.Text = "Elections") Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(0,47,124,100)
Else If txtStyle.Text = "Red" Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(156,2,1,100)
Else If txtStyle.Text = "Sports" Then
matFont.ColorDiffuse.Update(80,94,101,100)
End If

Use Self.Project instead of Engine because Engine can affect materials from one Scene to another.

Fingers crossed.

Thank you for the suggestion.  I tried that with no luck.

Instead of using "Engine.GetFontByName" try using "Self.Project.GetFontByName".

If that change works, I cannot explain why it does; it just does. It fixed a problem when I was making materials.

I'm trying to set the color of a font's material without using tags.  I have a project where multiple fonts in different scenes will change color based on a selected style.  The goal is to create a single font where the size, leading, and kerning are set and a script will change the color.  I'm trying to avoid creating multiple fonts for a scene, where I would them have to update each font if there is change.  I have a script that I'm testing, but so far it is not working.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

Instead of using "Engine.GetFontByName" try using "Self.Project.GetFontByName".

If that change works, I cannot explain why it does; it just does. It fixed a problem when I was making materials.

I'm trying to set the color of a font's material without using tags.  I have a project where multiple fonts in different scenes will change color based on a selected style.  The goal is to create a single font where the size, leading, and kerning are set and a script will change the color.  I'm trying to avoid creating multiple fonts for a scene, where I would them have to update each font if there is change.  I have a script that I'm testing, but so far it is not working.  Any help would be appreciated, thank you!