g:text.blur Property

Article
03/12/2010

Gets or sets the level of blur applied to the g:text element.

This property is read/write.

Syntax

propVal = g:text.blur(intBlur)

  
g:text.blur(intBlur)

   = propVal

Parameters

intBlur [in]
intBlur [out]
Sets or retrieves the blur radius (or boundary). The value ranges from 0 to 100.

Value Meaning

0
Default. No blur effect applied. The target element is not modified.

100
Full blur effect applied.

Value	Meaning
0	Default. No blur effect applied. The target element is not modified.
100	Full blur effect applied.

Remarks

The opacity of the g:text element must be set to a value of at least 1 for the blur effect to be visible.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to add a blur effect to the g:text element from a gadget script file.

\\ imgBackground is the value of the 'id' attribute for the g:background element.
var txtBlur = imgBackground.addTextObject("test", "Verdana", 25, "Red", intX, intY);
txtBlur.blur = 10;

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
IDL	Sidebar.idl
DLL	Sidebar.Exe version 1.00 or later