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"""Provides functions to create ShapeString objects."""
## @package make_shapestring
# \ingroup draftmake
# \brief Provides functions to create ShapeString objects.

## \addtogroup draftmake
# @{
import FreeCAD as App
import draftutils.gui_utils as gui_utils

from draftobjects.shapestring import ShapeString

if App.GuiUp:
    from draftviewproviders.view_shapestring import ViewProviderShapeString


def make_shapestring(String, FontFile, Size=100, Tracking=0):
    """ShapeString(Text,FontFile,[Height],[Track])
    
    Turns a text string into a Compound Shape
    
    Parameters
    ----------
    majradius : 
        Major radius of the ellipse.

    """
    if not App.ActiveDocument:
        App.Console.PrintError("No active document. Aborting\n")
        return
        
    obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Part2DObjectPython",
                                       "ShapeString")
    ShapeString(obj)
    obj.String = String
    obj.FontFile = FontFile
    obj.Size = Size
    obj.Tracking = Tracking

    if App.GuiUp:
        ViewProviderShapeString(obj.ViewObject)
        gui_utils.format_object(obj)
        obrep = obj.ViewObject
        if "PointSize" in obrep.PropertiesList: obrep.PointSize = 1 # hide the segment end points
        gui_utils.select(obj)
    obj.recompute()
    return obj


makeShapeString = make_shapestring

## @}
