Herwig Bauernfeind wrote:

>Michael DeBusk schrieb:
>
>>* Reply to message from Mike O'Connor  on
Wed, 20 Oct 2004
>>02:00:15 +1000
>>
>>>>>Is there a way to set the font in a VIO window
temporarily differentfrom the default from within a REXX script [which puts
up a popup window] without temporarily altering the properties of the
"Windowed 
>>>>>Command Prompt" object in "Command
Prompts" folder?
>>>>>
>>>>I don't think this can be done. 
>>>>        
>>>>
>>It can be done.
>>
>As I said it can be done for new to be created windows, maybe my 
>statement wasn't clear.
>But IMHO that is not what Mike wanted to do, he wanted to change the 
>font of an existing window, from what I read from his msg.
>I know Bernd Schemmer's approach in RxTT, the language dependent INI 
>entry was the PITA I was talking about.
>
>>I've done it, some time ago. 
>>
>Been there, done that, too.
>
>>Seems to me the information on how
>>to do this is in Rexx Tips & Tricks. It involved changing a key
in USER.INI,
>>starting the session, doing what wanted to be done, and then putting the
>>USER.INI key back the way it was.
>>
>.. on a language dependent key. What a mess! IMHO this one of the real 
>design flaws of OS/2.
>And it does not change the font of an already existing window...
>
>Herwig
>
>>OK, I found it. Here 'tis, from RXTT36.ZIP
>>
>>/*                                                                    */
>>/* Sample program to start an OS/2 session or a DOS box with a        */
>>/* specific font size                                                 */
>>    
>>
 
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