Fonts and disability accessibility

[Trace C]

We are needing to ensure that the fonts in our C# Windows App will
enlarge if the user sets their environment settings on their PC to
large fonts.

I know that to ensure that the fonts size increases, using the forms
default font settings, ensures this. But, the developer might want to
use 2 sized fonts on their screens.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Trace

[Eric Cadwell]

Re: Fonts and disability accessibility

You can override the WndProc method and listen to the message stream
directly or simply register the form's SystemColorsCha nged event.

It's fired whenever a user changes a display property. The documentation is
a little lacking on this event, but it handles colors, fonts, resolutions,
etc. What I don't see is the forms font changing in response to the event.

this.SystemColo rsChanged += new
System.EventHan dler(this.Form1 _SystemColorsCh anged);

private void Form1_SystemCol orsChanged(obje ct sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
MessageBox.Show ("Display Setting Changed");
}

The next task would be to read a system font and check it's size. Here's a
good place to start:
(http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...hreadm=pal_a.9
0951%24wk4.4755 8%40twister.nyr oc.rr.com&rnum= 1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3De n%26lr%3
D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3DFromLog Font%2BSystem)

HTH;
Eric Cadwell

http://www.origincontrols.com