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VB6 Force Font Size on Form, Ignore Settings/Large Fonts in VB6

Hello All!

I've got an application that uses a specific font (Tw Cen MT Condensed). My installer provides the font without problem. However, I've found that some users have their system fontsize set to /Large or /ExtraLarge. This causes most of the labels on my application's forms to display improperly. Note: I really need to use this font because I need the screen real estate it provides.

So......

My question is: Is there a way to FORCE fontsize in my application? Can I override the users system/fontsize setting for my application only?

Thanks in advance for the help!

JWB

taherzm

You might want to consider using images for labels instead...this way what ever the font setting maybe the label size will remain same...

jwbryant

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Thanks for the quick comment!

The primary reason that I chose to use labels is so that I can programatically re-brand the application by changing a single line in the app INI file. So, I'm afraid that I'm stuck with labels.

Thanks!

JWB

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Phoenixric

Hi,

If you think you get stuck with labels, you can override the fontsize in your application using the label fontsize property.

Sample code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
Label1.FontSize = 12
End Sub

Please get back to me if this doesn't work.