ID Number: Q84470
1.00
WINDOWS
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 3.1. By default, Windows 3.1 maps the fonts Helv and Tms
Rmn to MS Sans Serif and MS Serif, respectively.
This information applies to Microsoft Visual Basic programming system
version 1.0 for Windows.
More Information:
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 3.1. Helv and Tms Rmn are no longer listed in
the drop-down list box in the Properties bar.
In Windows 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.
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