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PROBLEM:
I use a (db)RichEdit control in my Visual DataFlex application. I want the user to be able to select a font. I use the standard FontDialog class to create an object for Font selection. When I do this, the size of the font in the RichEdit code is often wrong, especially when reporting via Crystal Reports. How do I fix this?
ANSWER:
The size of the font in a (db)RichEdit control is in twips (twentieth of a point, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twips) for its size. The standard fontdialog uses points so there will be a mismatch.
Enclosed is a VDF 12.0 workspace that has a new cFontDialog class and a test program for you that fixes the problems. The new class uses structs and arrays for exchanging the data. You will need to make adjustments in your code since the property names are changed.
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Vincent Oorsprong
Company: Data Access Worldwide
email: vincent.oorsprong@dataaccess.eu
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