XL.Font.SetBold

Turns on/off the bold font.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
book	The reference to the workbook. Please use XL.LoadBook to load a file.	$ref
Font	The index of the font in the book to target.	0
Value	The new setting. Pass 1 for bold and 0 for normal.	0

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Examples

Make a font bold:

MBS( "XL.Font.SetBold"; $book; $font10; 1 )

Create a format for bold font:

#create a font
Set Variable [$textFont; Value:MBS( "XL.Book.AddFont"; $book)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "XL.Font.SetBold"; $book; $textfont; 1)]
#create format
Set Variable [$textFormat; Value:MBS( "XL.Book.AddFormat"; $book)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "XL.Format.SetFont"; $book; $textFormat; $textFont)]

Writes a formula with bold font format:

# add a bold font based on another font
Set Variable [ $textFontBold ; Value: MBS( "XL.Book.AddFont"; $book; $textFont) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "XL.Font.SetBold"; $book; $textFontBold; 1) ]
# add format based on other format
Set Variable [ $dollarFormatBold ; Value: MBS( "XL.Book.AddFormat"; $book; $dollarFormat) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "XL.Format.SetFont"; $book; $dollarFormatBold; $textFontBold) ]
# use format
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "XL.Sheet.CellWriteFormula"; $book; $sheet; 38; 4; "SUM(E16:E38)"; $dollarFormatBold) ]

See also

• XL.ConditionalFormat.Font
• XL.ConditionalFormating.AddRange
• XL.Font.GetBold
• XL.Font.GetColor
• XL.Font.SetColor
• XL.Font.SetName
• XL.Format.SetFont
• XL.LoadBook
• XL.Sheet.CellWriteTexts
• XL.Sheet.SetCellFormats

Blog Entries

• Conditional Formatting in Excel exports from FileMaker

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 12nd November 2018

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