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** This is fixed in Delphi XE2 Update 3 **

I've create a little Hello World Firemonkey application with a spinning tText3d object. How do I get rid of the wireframe box that surrounds the text?

Edit: This is a screenshot of a TText3D object with Text value 'hullo!' on a Viewport3D in a FireMonkey HD form. A TTimer changes one of the rotation values every so often. It rotates, but looks like this:

Strange TText3D bug

The size of the wireframe changes when you change the caption, so maybe that's where the text is supposed to be. No idea what the black bars are.

It takes some fiddling to get the text into the box. Now I want to get rid of the box.

I'm looking at the source code for tText3D . Render. The last lines say, more or less,

If in design mode then draw a box.

Except, the IF part is commented out, so that the box is always drawn whether in design mode or not.

David Dubois
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  • My first reaction was 'What? Surely there's no wireframe.' Then I tried it. It's all very strange. I edited the question to include my screenshot, attempting to reproduce from the OP's description - @user1008646, please feel free to remove this or change it to a screenshot of your own form. – David Dec 12 '11 at 08:40
  • I wanted to add a screen shot, but I didn't know you could do that here. How do add a graphic to your question? – David Dubois Dec 12 '11 at 11:54
  • In the toolbar above the text field is an image button (I think it's the sixth from the left, next to the braces {} code button.) When you click it you can upload an image from your computer. – David Dec 12 '11 at 12:02
  • is it possible to get screenshot of a direct3d renderd image – Vibeeshan Mahadeva Dec 12 '11 at 12:05
  • I took the above screenshot with Windows 7's Snipping Tool, so it must be. I don't know if Snagit or other tools will handle it. – David Dec 12 '11 at 15:26
  • It appears there's no way to turn it off after all. I looked at the source for tText3D . Render, hoping to find something that says "If the draw-a-box property is set, then draw a box". What I found instead was: "If in design mode, then draw a box", except that the IF part is commented out, so it always draws the box. – David Dubois Dec 13 '11 at 09:26
  • In that case, [file a bug with Embarcadero's QC](http://qc.embarcadero.com/wc/qcmain.aspx), and it will hopefully be patched. In the meantime, try deriving a custom component from `TText3D` and override the `Render` method. – David Dec 13 '11 at 12:49

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