Creating labels with bold text in Visual Basic Script (VBS) is a simple task that can enhance the visual appeal and readability of your scripts. Here's how to do it:
Understanding the Concept
The core principle lies in leveraging the FontBold property of a label object within your VBS script. This property is a Boolean (True/False) value that determines whether the text in a label should be displayed in bold.
Creating a Label
First, you need to create a label object in your VBS script. This object will act as the visual container for the text you want to display. Here's how to do it:
Set objLabel = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").CreateShortcut("C:\Temp\MyLabel.lnk")
objLabel.TargetPath = "C:\MyProgram.exe"
objLabel.IconLocation = "C:\MyIcon.ico"
objLabel.Save
Setting the FontBold Property
Once you have your label object, you can easily make the text within it bold using the FontBold property:
objLabel.FontBold = True
By setting this property to True, the text within the label will now be displayed in bold. If you want to revert to a regular font, you would set FontBold to False.
Example Usage
Let's combine these elements into a complete VBS script for creating a bold text label:
' Create a new label object
Set objLabel = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").CreateShortcut("C:\Temp\MyLabel.lnk")
' Set the label's text
objLabel.TargetPath = "C:\MyProgram.exe"
' Set the text to bold
objLabel.FontBold = True
' Save the label
objLabel.Save
This script creates a label named "MyLabel.lnk" in the "C:\Temp" folder with the text "MyProgram.exe" displayed in bold.
Further Customization
You can further customize the appearance of your labels by adjusting properties like:
- FontName: Changes the font family used for the text (e.g., Arial, Times New Roman).
- FontSize: Adjusts the size of the text.
- FontItalic: Sets the text to italics (True/False).
- FontUnderline: Adds an underline to the text (True/False).
- ForeColor: Changes the text color.
- BackColor: Sets the background color of the label.
Conclusion
By understanding the FontBold property and the other customization options available for label objects, you can easily create labels with bold text and enhance the visual presentation of your VBS scripts. This allows for more appealing and informative messages within your scripts.
