How do you get the Font Name of an Enter Data Field?

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I'm using MicroStation 08.11.09.357 and using vba.

I figured out the problem - the font actually was invalid. If I changed the font of the enter data field, the error went away.
Thanks,
Regan

Unknown said:

I have a design file with 1 Enter Data field element. How do you get the Font Name from this text string?

An enter-data field is part of a TextElement.  A TextElement has only one font: you can't have multiple fonts in a TextElement.  The answer to your question is: Get the font of the TextElement that stores the enter-data field.

However, there's no straightforward way to get the font of a TextElement.  You have to get its TextStyle, then obtain the font from the TextStyle...

Sub GetFont (ByVal oText As TextElement)
  Dim oStyle As TextStyle
  Set oStyle = oText.TextStyle
  If Not oStyle Is Nothing Then
    Dim oFont As Font
    Set oFont = oStyle.Font
    If oFont Is Nothing Then
       Debug.Print "Text style '" & oStyle.Name & "' has no font"
    Else
       Debug.Print "Text style  '" & oStyle.Name & "' uses font '" & oFont.Name & "'"
    End If
  End If
End Sub