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 1  Description

FontNames is a collection of all fonts installed in Windows. The individual elements of this collection are of the type FontName.

 2  Access to the collection

There is exactly one instance of the FontNames collection during the whole runtime of TextMaker. It is accessed through Application.FontNames:

' Display the name of the first installed font

MsgBox tm.Application.FontNames.Item(1).Name

 

' The same, but shorter, omitting the default properties:

MsgBox tm.FontNames(1)

 3  Properties, objects, collections and methods

Properties:

▪Count R/O

 

Objects:

▪Item → FontName (default object)

▪Application → Application

▪Parent → Application

Count (property, R/O)

Data type: Long

Returns the number of FontName objects in TextMaker – in other words: the number of fonts installed in Windows.

Item (pointer to object)

Data type: Object

Returns an individual FontName object, i.e. an individual installed font.

Which FontName object you get depends on the numeric value that you pass to Item: 1 for the first installed font, 2 for the second, etc.

Application (pointer to object)

Data type: Object

Returns the Application object.

Parent (pointer to object)

Returns the parent object, i.e. Application.