Helv and Tms Rmn FontNames Not Available in Windows 3.1 (84470)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 2.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 2.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 1.0
This article was previously published under Q84470 SUMMARY
Helv and Tms Rmn are no longer listed in the Settings box of the Properties
bar as selections for the FontName property in Visual Basic under Windows
version 3.1. By default, Windows version 3.1 maps the fonts Helv and Tms
Rmn to MS Sans Serif and MS Serif, respectively.
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Visual Basic uses Helv as the default setting for the FontName property of
forms and controls. That font is still the default setting for FontName in
Visual Basic, even though it is no longer a system font in Windows version
3.1. Helv and Tms Rmn are no longer listed in the drop-down list box in the
Properties bar.
In Windows version 3.1, Helv is mapped to MS Sans Serif and Tms Rmn is
mapped to MS Serif by default. This appears in the [FontSubstitutes]
section of the WIN.INI file. Therefore, FontName can still be set to Helv
or Tms Rmn at run-time without producing any errors, even though they are
no longer available. Windows will instead use the existing fonts to which
they are mapped.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/12/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB84470 |
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