Is it possible to get rid of...

[Jestar]

I was wondering if it was possible to get rid of the white background behnind the text? am i able to just make it clear?

[Dan]

No, at least not in the way you are using it.

functions like put where ment for non graphics mode. If you whont text in graphics mode you should use functions like Font.Draw that is a graphical text function.

I think it is Font.Draw, i have not looked it up in some time.

[Jestar]

but then how would i do a counter like i am doing in the screenshot for time..?

[Dan]

The same way you whould animate an image. It has to be double buffered (view offscreen and view upadate).

[Tony]

Say way as you're doing it now. Take the same string you're constructing for put and pass it to Font.Draw(). Look up the documentation for proper usage.

[Nick]

there both Font.Draw and Draw.Text they work the same and as a added benifit they also come in almost all fonts and sizes(i think all but i put almost just in case)

[Jestar]

It does not allow me to use variables in Font.Draw(), could you explain further on how i should go about this?

[Nick]

yes yes it does
what is probably happening is you are trying to pass an int through Font.Draw try intstr()
intstr will transform and integer into a string
so:
Font.Draw(intstr(myIntVar),x,y,font,color)

[Tony]

you are probably using it incorrectly. It's time to show us some code.

[HeavenAgain]

code:

var font1: int font1 := Font.New ("serif:12") var hi : string := "HI" Font.Draw (hi, 50, 30, font1, red)

probably you have to convert your number into string first. using intstr

[Jestar]

alright i'll show you some code...this is what it is with the put

code:

put clockhour, ":" ..             if clockmin = 0 then                 put clockmin, "0" ..             else                 put clockmin ..             end if             View.Update

this is it with Font.Draw

code:

var font1: int             if clockmin = 0 then                 font1 := Font.New ("serif:12")                 Font.Draw (clockmin, 50, 30, font1, red)             else                 Font.Draw (clockmin, 50, 30, font1, red) ..             end if             View.Update

[HeavenAgain]

clockmin is an int, which is wrong (i think) should be a String

[Jestar]

yes it is a int. but if i set it as a string i cant give it a value...i'm so confused..

[Dan]

Font.Draw (intstr(clockmin), 50, 30, font1, red)

intstr should covert ints to strings (i maybe missing some partmatiers, look it up in turing help)

[HeavenAgain]

try this

code:

var font1: int             if clockmin = 0 then                 font1 := Font.New ("serif:12")                 Font.Draw (intstr(clockmin), 50, 30, font1, red)             else                 Font.Draw (intstr(clockmin), 50, 30, font1, red) ..             end if             View.Update