Unexpected font in BUTTONS

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Unexpected font in BUTTONS

#1 Post by jdsoft »

Hello,

Windows 11
xpp 2.00.2209
Expresss build 268

I experience weird behaviour in display buttons in a customers computer.

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nButtons := DCGUI_BUTTON_CANCEL + DCGUI_BUTTON_OK

DCGETOPTIONS   ;
             SAYWIDTH nWidth ;
             NORESIZE     ;
             SAYOPTIONS XBPSTATIC_TEXT_BOTTOM ;
             NOMINBUTTON ;
             NOMAXBUTTON ;
             TABSTOP ;
             BUSY LANG_SYS_MES226                         ;
             ROWSPACE ROWHEIGHT ;
             DISABLEDCOLOR GRA_CLR_WHITE ;
             CLOSEQUERY MSG bAbortQuery ;
             EXITQUERY 	MSG bExitQuery  ;
             ABORTQUERY MSG bAbortQuery ;
             NOSUPERVISE                                  ;
             TOOLTIPCOLOR GRA_CLR_BLACK, GRA_CLR_YELLOW  ;
             BORDER XBPDLG_RECESSEDBORDERTHICK_FIXED     

DCREAD GUI                 ;
      TO lOk                  ;
      PARENT       @oDlg      ;
      TITLE cTitle            ;
      BUTTONS nButtons        ;
      FIT                     ;
      OPTIONS GetOptions      ;
      HANDLERBLOCK bHandler   ;
      ENTEREXIT               ;
      MODAL                   ;
      SAVE                    ;
      SETAPPWINDOW           
First the way it looks on all other computers, and this is the expected correct display.
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Now how it looks on the customers computer.
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Notice the difference in font type and font size.

The app is exactly identical on both computers.
Also same screen dimensions (1920 x 1080) and Windows 11

How can i fix this ?
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Re: Unexpected font in BUTTONS

#2 Post by rdonnay »

Did the customer select a special windows theme?
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Re: Unexpected font in BUTTONS

#3 Post by jdsoft »

Hello Roger,

I just checked:
- Default windows theme
- No contrast scheme

Also notice the length of the DCGET, it is much longer then required.
The font for the dialog title and menu appear to be ok.

I also compared the installed fonts, these are identical on both computers.
- Courier New
- Arial, Arial.Nova, Arial Rounded MT
- Microsoft Sans Serif, Ms Reference Sans Serif, Sans Serif Collection

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Re: Unexpected font in BUTTONS

#4 Post by rdonnay »

I don't have Windows 11.
Has this been tried on any other Windows 11 computers?

Do you use RESIZE SCALEFONT anywhere?
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Re: Unexpected font in BUTTONS

#5 Post by jdsoft »

Hello Roger,

I checked. a few computers with the same version of my app.
They all look ok, on Windows-11 and also on a few windows-10 machines.

I just installed font "Courier" on the customer machine.
The size of the DCGET is calculated correctly now, but the typeface looks somewhat different.
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Re: Unexpected font in BUTTONS

#6 Post by rdonnay »

I just installed font "Courier" on the customer machine.
GETS are based on the DC_XbpGet() class and the default is '10.Courier' because we need a fixed length font to properly size the GET.

You could try using a different non-proportional font like Lucida Console.

DCGETOPTIONS GETFONT "10.Lucida Console"
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