Using the FORCEFONT .HPJ Option

ID: Q93395

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

The FORCEFONT Help project file (HPJ) option can only be used with the following font names:

Helv
Helvetica
Courier
Tms Rmn
Times
Symbol

Though Helv, Helvetica, Times, and Tms Rmn are not Windows 3.1 fonts, each of them is mapped to a 3.1 font in the [FontSubstitutes] section of WIN.INI by Windows Setup. They are mapped as follows:

Helv=MS Sans Serif
Tms Rmn=MS Serif
Times=Times New Roman
Helvetica=Arial

To force a Help file to use MS Sans Serif, the FORCEFONT option should be:

FORCEFONT=Helv

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50 4.00 95 HC30 HC31 HCP help compiler MAPFONTSIZE

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Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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