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squishiful · Jun 21st, 2005, 11:09 AM

I opened a Font Dialog then had the user select a font which is then converted to a string and written to a .ini for later use. I open the file and read the ine with the font on it and now I want to convert the string back to a font, can this be done in code? Please help me, thanx!

squishiful · Jun 21st, 2005, 11:48 AM

I figured it out, heres what I have to do.

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read = System.IO.File.OpenText("prefs.ini")
Dim i As Integer
While (read.Peek <> -1)
     prefs(i) = read.ReadLine()
End While
Dim tc As System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
tc = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(Font)
textBox.Font() = tc.ConvertFromString(prefs(0))

it worx!

squishiful · Jun 21st, 2005, 12:57 PM

okay that doesn;t work never mind that will only work with the font but there are more things in that .ini so does anyone know of a way that will work?

squishiful · Jun 21st, 2005, 10:26 PM

I figured it out!

Jun 21st, 2005, 11:09 AM	#1
squishiful Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Amittyville Posts: 60 Rep Power: 4	String to Font I opened a Font Dialog then had the user select a font which is then converted to a string and written to a .ini for later use. I open the file and read the ine with the font on it and now I want to convert the string back to a font, can this be done in code? Please help me, thanx!

Jun 21st, 2005, 11:48 AM	#2
squishiful Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Amittyville Posts: 60 Rep Power: 4	I figured it out, heres what I have to do. (Toggle Plain Text) read = System.IO.File.OpenText("prefs.ini") Dim i As Integer While (read.Peek <> -1) prefs(i) = read.ReadLine() End While Dim tc As System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter tc = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(Font) textBox.Font() = tc.ConvertFromString(prefs(0)) read = System.IO.File.OpenText("prefs.ini") Dim i As Integer While (read.Peek <> -1) prefs(i) = read.ReadLine() End While Dim tc As System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter tc = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(Font) textBox.Font() = tc.ConvertFromString(prefs(0)) it worx!

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Jun 21st, 2005, 12:57 PM	#3
squishiful Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Amittyville Posts: 60 Rep Power: 4	okay that doesn;t work never mind that will only work with the font but there are more things in that .ini so does anyone know of a way that will work?

Jun 21st, 2005, 10:26 PM	#4
squishiful Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Amittyville Posts: 60 Rep Power: 4	I figured it out!

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