On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:21 AM, David Ruggles <[email protected]> wrote:
> I upgraded from oorexx 3.2 to oorexx 4.0 on a windows 2000 machine. I am
> creating a dialog using a subclass of userdialog with this statement:
> rc = self~create(0, 0, width, height, title, , , , 'MS Sans Serif', 8)
Prior to 4.0 ooDialog's handling of fonts was completely broken. I
opened a bug and attached a program that demonstrates it was broken.
Forget the number right now, but it should be easy to find.
> On 3.2 the font displays as expected, however on 4.0 it doesn't.
>
> Is there a quick fix for this?
This would depend on what you mean by "expected," probably. Since you
are explicitly specifying the font in the create() method, for that
case, I would have expected 3.2.0 and 4.0.0 to behave exactly the
same.
If you could send me a program that demonstrates this, I'll take a
look at why it isn't working as I would expect. Send it to miesfeld
at gmail.
One thing most people don't realize is that when you specify a font,
the Windows font manager creates a logical font that it thinks most
closely matches what is requested. It always gives you a font. But,
if there is no close match, what you actually get could be far
different then what you wanted.
Since I don't have easy access to a W2K box, if it is easy for you to
try, could you see if this same behavior exists on a XP machine?
Well, I wrote the above and then looked more closely at your create()
call. The above is all still valid, but
rc = self~create(0, 0, width, height, title, , , , 'MS Sans Serif', 8)
that looks to have too many commas
rc = self~create(0, 0, width, height, title, options, dlgClass,
fontNameBelongsHereThenNextSouldBeSize, 'MS Sans Serif', 8)
So, your call is incorrect, and who knows what font you are actually
getting. But probably, you are getting System 10. A quick fix could
be to add this to the top of your dialog code:
.PlainBaseDialog~setDefaultFont("System", 10) -- or maybe 8
If, I'm correct in the font you are actually getting, this should also
give your dialog the same appearance:
rc = self~create(0, 0, width, height, title, , , "System", 10) -- or maybe 8
Let me know if that works. If not, I'll need to the example program.
--
Mark Miesfeld
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