font dialog specific font to be selected

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hi,

i am using font dialog box and saving its values in databases through access
my problem is i want particular font name from database to be selected when

fontdialog.ShowDialog(me) is called

say i have font in some variable which i retrieved from database
that particular font i want to be selected when fontdialogBox is called

Posted 11-Dec-13 23:26pm

Omkaara

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CPallini · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-12T00:20:00

Solution 1

Create the font, using the Font class constructor[^] and pass it to the FontDialog, for instance:

VB

Dim fd As FontDialog = New FontDialog
fd.Font = New Font("Arial", 20)
If fd.ShowDialog() <> DialogResult.OK Then
  '...
End If
'...

Posted 12-Dec-13 0:20am

CPallini