Convert Font size

[Lucy]

HI I have created an application that uses the registry. On the application there are two textboxes and a button. When the form is loaded the first textbox displays a font that has been declared in the registry and the second text box displays the font size, again declared in the registry. The button allows the user to change the font and font size using a FontDialog. When this dialog is opened (by clicking the button), the selected font is the font declared in the registry. I also want the font size that is declared in the registry to be selected in the dialog. The font name works perfectly fine, I am just having trouble with converting the font size. First of here is my code: string font; int size; FontDialog selectFont = new FontDialog(); font = Convert.ToString(Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegKey_test", "Font", "")); selectFont.Font = (Font)TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Font)).ConvertFromString(font); size = Convert.ToInt32(Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegKey_test", "FontSize", "")); selectFont.Font.Size = (Size)TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Size)).ConvertFrom(size); if (selectFont.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegKey_test", "Font", selectFont.Font.Name.ToString()); TBFont.Text = selectFont.Font.Name.ToString(); Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegKey_test", "FontSize", selectFont.Font.Size, RegistryValueKind.DWord); TBFontSize.Text = selectFont.Font.Size.ToString(); } I am unsure if I should set the variable size as an integer or a string, and then according to this how is it converted to Font.Size? Lucy

[Michael Sync]

Lucy_H85 wrote:

selectFont.Font.Size = (Size)TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Size)).ConvertFrom(size);

I think Size property is readonly. so, try like that.. Example 1 Label1.Font = New Font("Tahoma", 30) Example 2 font = Convert.ToString(Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegKey_test", "Font", "")); size = Convert.ToInt32(Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegKey_test", "FontSize", "")); selectFont.Font = new Font(font,size);

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[Lucy]

That works great! Thanks! Didnt realise it would be so easy!