Properties of Font-class are all read-only ???

[Christian Cambier]

Hi,

the following produces a compiler error :

label1.Font.Size = 10;

==> ERRORroperty or indexer 'System.Drawing.Font.Size' cannot be
assigned to -- it is read only

OK, but why has it been designed as read-only. As are all properties of the
Font-class by the way (???)

Is there no way I can set the individual properties of a Font-object ?

thnx

Chris

 

[Guest]

Christian

I think the font object's properties are read only because of the underlying implementation in windows. (See CreateFont API for more info). If you want to change the size, create a new instance of font passing the same family etc... but a different size

Hope that help
Jackson Davis [MSFT
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[Pete Davis]

No, once you create a font, you can't change it. There are a number of
reasons for this, but it's all basically because that's the way fonts are
handled in Windows. A 12 point font and a 10 point font that are otherwise
identical are considered two entirely separate fonts.

Underneath, each has a separate font handle and thus the encapsulation in
..NET works the same way.

Pete