Fonts, ? and set alternate

Hi;

I have lots of older code that uses commands and set alternate to create a text file and then it uses modify command to view the file.

I have noticed that on my development PC, this created a file with Fixedsys font. On the installation pcs the font is "Courier".

Is there a way to determine what font will be used when issuing commands to a set alte file

I know that I can use the font clause in the command itself but I was wondering what determines the default font used.

Thank you all for puting up with my "oldie" questions.

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Fonts, ? and set alternate

Vaish
Andy;

Thank you so much for all your help. I feel like Mcflie senior from "back to the future" going "This is good stuff".
Xancholy

Your what You mustn't change the font settings on and end-user's machine!

If you want this to display in a given font at run time, use DEFINE WINDOW (which includes a FONT clause) and then use MODIFY FILE nnnn WINDOW xxxx

like this:

DEFINE WINDOW textdisp FROM 2,1 TO 13,75 TITLE 'TextFile' FONT 'Tahoma', 12 CLOSE FLOAT GROW ZOOM
MODIFY FILE mytext.txt WINDOW textdisp NOWAIT
stangnut

You could always update the registry in that case...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\9.0\Options\IDE

Look for the "TextFont" setting....
Dagz
Andy;

This won't do much for my runtime install though... Correct

Thanks.
Jonas Beckeman
I don't even know how to change my midy command font...

I would love to know how to change my default font. No idea.
doctorx0079

TOOLS -> OPTIONS -> IDE Tab

THere is a drop-down for "Specify Window/File Type"
Choose "Text Files"
Amend the settings to whatever you want!
tattoo
Aleniko,

I don't think the file is created with a font attribute. Maybe you changed your own modify command font
Lohic Beneyzet-Jouy
Of course not. I wanted to change the default font for VFP on the machine. But the modi wind font would work too. thx.
Fonts, ? and set alternate

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