Font size/appearance problem on Windows 7 executable

[HDRM]

Hi,

my colleague has a problem with his application on a Windows 7 machine. It is an executable built with LabVIEW 2011 on a XP machine.

Please see the attached screenshots for the appearance of the same EXE on Windows XP and Windows 7 (where the fonts are bigger/resized).

Do you have any ideas how to avoid this? A workaround could be the use of screenshots/bitmaps instead of text, but this is very uncomfortable regarding future changes.

Best regards,

Manu

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi Manuel,

this has been asked some times before:

You have to include some more keys in the executable's INI file. I usually use those:

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FPFont="Tahoma" 13
BDFont="Tahoma" 13
appFont="Tahoma" 13
dialogFont="Tahoma" 13
systemFont="Tahoma" 13

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Best regards!

[HDRM]

@ GerdW

Thank you, this solves the problem. Didn't find it with the search function...

Best regards

Manu

[Bryan24]

Gerd, how do I fix this so that I do not have to copy these keys on every application I compile?

[RavensFan]

One fix would be to set the font at the top of your front panel to be Tahoma 13 rather than "Application Font" before you create any objects in a new VI.  Then those items will be defined as Tahoma rather than whatever font is associated with "Application Font" based on the Windows settings.

[AStankov]

How about selecting all objects on the front panel and setting their font to Tahoma? This seems to work so far, I only had to manually select the cursor legend of a graph and then to select Tahoma, as the font did not get changed for that object for some reason.

[Norbert_B]

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@Bryan24 wrote:

Gerd, how do I fix this so that I do not have to copy these keys on every application I compile?

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The application builder gives you the opportunity to pass a customized config file to the exe. So you can create one config as template and then use application builder to "copy" those to the exe during the build process.

Norbert

[rob.instruments]

So it seems like the issue is with using the system font.  So then why would you ever want to use a system font and why is that the default?

[Norbert_B]

The three default font types (application, system, dialog) are a lookup for fonts, not specific fonts. LV uses this to make VIs portable between different OSes (e.g. Windows => Linux) since not every OS is working with "true type font" (ttf).

From the LV help:

The Application font is the LabVIEW default font used in the Controls palette, the Functions palette, the context help, and tip strips.

• (Windows 7/Vista)LabVIEW uses Segoe UI by default.
• (Windows XP)LabVIEW uses the font that Windows uses for filenames in Windows Explorer. The U.S. version of Windows usually uses Tahoma. The size of the font depends on the settings of the video driver because you can set higher resolution video drivers to use Large Fonts or Small Fonts. In order to maintain consistency, use Small Fonts and Windows standard settings.
• (Mac OS X)LabVIEW uses Lucida Grande by default.
• (Linux) LabVIEW uses Helvetica by default.

The System font is the LabVIEW default font used for menus.

• (Windows 7/Vista)LabVIEW uses Segoe UI by default.
• (Windows XP)LabVIEW uses the same as the Application font, but the font size may differ.
• (Mac OS X)LabVIEW uses Lucida Grande by default.
• (Linux) LabVIEW uses Helvetica by default.

The Dialog font is the LabVIEW default font used for text in dialog boxes and system controls.

• (Windows 7/Vista)LabVIEW uses Segoe UI by default.
• (Windows XP)LabVIEW uses the same font as the Application font.
• (Mac OS X)LabVIEW uses Lucida Grande by default.
• (Linux) LabVIEW uses Helvetica by default.

hope this helps,

Norbert

[Ranjeet_Singh]

Hi HDRM

                 I know you already got the answers but best way to avoid this by using Times new roman font (Or any other which are common in both OSes, i am sure about Times new roman). As this is common to all the OSes go you wont get any problem in near future.