How to save and retrieve font information to / from a TIniFile

Problem/Question/Abstract:

How to save and retrieve font information to / from a TIniFile

Answer:

Solve 1:

uses
  Inifiles;

procedure SaveFont(FName: string; Section: string; smFont: TFont);
var
  FStream: TIniFile;
begin
  FStream := TIniFile.Create(FName);
  try
    FStream.WriteString(Section, 'Name', smFont.Name);
    FStream.WriteInteger(Section, 'CharSet', smFont.CharSet);
    FStream.WriteInteger(Section, 'Color', smFont.Color);
    FStream.WriteInteger(Section, 'Size', smFont.Size);
    FStream.WriteInteger(Section, 'Style', Byte(smFont.Style));
  finally
    FStream.free;
  end;
end;

procedure LoadFont(FName: string; Section: string; smFont: TFont);
var
  FStream: TIniFile;
begin
  FStream := TIniFile.Create(Fname);
  try
    smFont.Name := FStream.ReadString(Section, 'Name', smFont.Name);
    smFont.CharSet := TFontCharSet(FStream.ReadInteger(Section, 'CharSet',
      smFont.CharSet));
    smFont.Color := TColor(FStream.ReadInteger(Section, 'Color', smFont.Color));
    smFont.Size := FStream.ReadInteger(Section, 'Size', smFont.Size);
    smFont.Style := TFontStyles(Byte(FStream.ReadInteger(Section, 'Style',
      Byte(smFont.Style))));
  finally
    FStream.free;
  end;
end;

Here 's how to use the procedures:

{Save Font}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  SaveFont('font.ini', 'label', Label1.Font);
end;

procedure TForm1.Label1DblClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if FontDialog1.Execute then
    Label1.Font := FontDialog1.Font
end;

{Load Font}

procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  LoadFont('font.ini', 'label', Label1.Font);
end;


Solve 2:

This code converts an instance of TFont to/ from a string. Just store that string whereever you want:

function GetAnyFontAsStr(Font: TFont): string;
begin
  Result := 'DEFAULT';
  if Assigned(Font) then
  begin
    Result := QuotedStr('Name=' + Font.Name);
    Result := Result + ';
      Size = ' + IntToStr(Font.Size);
      Result := Result + ';
      Color = ' + ColorToString(Font.Color);
      Result := Result + ';
      Pitch = ' + GetEnumName(TypeInfo(TFontPitch), Ord(Font.Pitch));
      Result := Result + ';
      Style = ' + IntToStr(Byte(Font.Style));
  end;
end;

procedure SetAnyFontAsStr(var Font: TFont; aFontStr: string);
var
  FontStrList: TStringList;
begin
  if Assigned(Font) then
  begin
    FontStrList := TStringList.Create;
    FontStrList.QuoteChar := '''';
    FontStrList.Delimiter := ';';
    FontStrList.DelimitedText := aFontStr;
    Font.Name := FontStrList.Values['Name'];
    Font.Size := StrToInt(FontStrList.Values['Size']);
    Font.Color := StringToColor(FontStrList.Values['Color']);
    Font.Pitch := TFontPitch(GetEnumValue(TypeInfo(TFontPitch),
      FontStrList.Values['Pitch']));
    Font.Style := TFontStyles(Byte(StrToIntDef(FontStrList.Values['Style'], 0)));
    FontStrList.Free;
  end;
end;


Solve 3:

uses
  IniFiles;

procedure SaveInfo;
var
  t: TIniFile;
  s: string;
begin
  s := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) + 'fontinfo.ini';
  t := TIniFile.Create(s);
  {load previous values into Font dialog if there are any}
  if FileExists(s) then
    with FontDialog1.Font do
    begin
      Name := t.ReadString('Font', 'Name', Name);
      Size := t.ReadInteger('Font', 'Size', Size);
      Color := t.ReadInteger('Font', 'Color', Color);
      if t.ReadBool('Font', 'Bold', False) then
        Style := Style + [fsBold];
      if t.ReadBool('Font', 'Italic', False) then
        Style := Style + [fsItalic];
      if t.ReadBool('Font', 'Underline', False) then
        Style := Style + [fsUnderline];
      if t.ReadBool('Font', 'Strikeout', False) then
        Style := Style + [fsStrikeOut];
    end;
  if FontDialog1.Execute then
  begin
    {write new values to INI file for next time}
    with FontDialog1.Font do
    begin
      t.WriteString('Font', 'Name', Name);
      t.WriteInteger('Font', 'Size', Size);
      t.WriteInteger('Font', 'Color', Color);
      t.WriteBool('Font', 'Bold', fsBold in Style);
      t.WriteBool('Font', 'Italic', fsItalic in Style);
      t.WriteBool('Font', 'Underline', fsUnderline in Style);
      t.WriteBool('Font', 'Strikeout', fsStrikeout in Style);
    end;
  end;
  t.Free;
end;

As you can see, the Color property is stored as an integer. Therefore, if you need to also store the ColorDialog.Color property, use the ReadInteger and WriteInteger methods.