Problem representing 'carriage return' when a class inherits from Canvas

[Utsaki]

Hi all,

Well, maybe my doubt could not sounds so serious... but the point is that I don't have problems when using, for example, a Form. I mean, if I create a String like:

public class FormText extends Form {

[...]
StringItem text = new StringItem(null,"text part 1" + '\n' + "text part 2" + '\n' + "text part 3");
append text;
[...]

}

i have no problems, and return is represented correctly. But if I use Canvas instead, it doesn't work:

public class CanvasText extends Canvas{

[...]
String text = "text part 1" + '\n' + "text part 2" + '\n' + "text part 3";
[...]
protected void paint(Graphics g){
g.setFont(Font.getFont(Font.FACE_PROPORTIONAL,Font.STYLE_BOLD,Font.SIZE_MEDIUM));
g.drawString(text,x,y,Graphics.TOP|Graphics.LEFT);
}
}

I would be grateful if any of you could let me know how to represent 'carriage return' when using a String attribute in a Canvas class like this one.
Regards.

[Utsaki]

Ok, I've realized that my question doesn't make any sense... is not a matter of writing characters, but 'painting'.
Anyway, I have already implemented an equivalent solution to this problem by myself...
Regards!

[grahamhughes]

Welcome to Forum Nokia!

Yes, I'm afraid Graphics.drawString() does not necessarily process characters like \n and \r correctly. If you want text on multiple lines, you need to paint each line separately. Remember that different devices have different screen and font sizes, so a word-wrapping method might be useful...

Graham.

[Utsaki]

Hello again!

Yes, that's what I did... I've implemented a method to paint each line separately, looking after the font width to decide how many words to paint each line.

Thank you for your answer, Graham.
Regards.