Don't know the answer for that one Richard. Why don't you bop over to the WinXPlist and ask some of the MS programmers there...oops, I forgot, you MAY NEVER APPROACH THE THRONE (unless you've already spent millions in licensing fees -- and then only on bended knee).
Guess you're out of luck;-) Viva la OpenSource! -Chipp...a somewhat frustrated MS user (please, not trolling for *SWITCH* advice;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard > Gaskin > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:46 PM > To: MetaCard List; Rev Discussion List > Subject: Fun with Large Fonts > > > In Microsoft operating systems the user can set the default font size for > controls, window titles, etc. According to the spec, an > application should > respond by querying the registry to get the current font metrics > and adjust > all controls to match the formatted width and height. If controls overlap > as a result of this resizing, the window should be enlarged too accomodate > them. > > That's a lot of work, and for little benefit: by the time the > controls are > resized to accomodate the text and the window is resized to accomodate the > controls, the result is not much different from simply lowering the > resolution of the monitor. > > But here's the punchline: this setting is set in the Display > control panel, > which in XP ignores the font size settings altogether. ;) > > So my question for you folks is: Do any of you know if this is a bug in > XP's Display control panel, or is Microsoft now telling us we can also > ignore the Large Fonts setting? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Developer of WebMerge 2.2: Publish any database on any site > ___________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
