Changing the TextBox fonts

Question

Hi I have a textbox into which text is written programatically. As I have a structured text format I want to change programatically to fixed size characters like Curier . I found out that TextBox (as well as RichTextBox) have numerous properties like FontFamily and FontName but they are all read only. As font is a standard TexBox property there must be a way to change it programatically???????? Thaks Sam

theLizard · Answer

te.Font = new Font(Tahoma 12.5 FontStyle.Bold | FontStyle.Italic);

theLizard · Answer

No worries Sam I did not actually test it but did know that that was the way to do it...

Sam · Answer

Thanks Lizard. This one works fine (with slight casting to float change) as follows: _displayWindow.Font = new Font ( Courier New  ( float )10.5 FontStyle .Regular);

Sam · Answer

Thanks for your continued support. No as I wrote in my previous reply and example for most Font properties I get a read-only error. The only editable properties are face (bold) and Italic. The font type is read only. What I did is to change the font in the fixed properties to Curier. It is not what I wanted (I want to change it programatically) but due to time restriction it is reasonable. If you have a solution to this I'd be more than happy to accept and thank for.

Suthish Nair · Answer

problem solved?

Sam · Answer

Hello Thanks It looks simple and easy - but for all Font peoperties I get the message: Error 1 Property or indexer 'System.Drawing.Font.Bold' cannot be assigned to -- it is read only Is there a known 'read only' command that does it? I built a simple form with a textbox as follows: using System.Windows.Forms; namespace TextboxTest { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void buildTextBox() { textBox1.Font.Bold = true ; textBox1.Font.Name = Thoma ; textBox1.Font.Size = 12; } } }

Suthish Nair · Answer

Is this you looking for.. or please provide a sample output.. TextBox1.Font.Bold = true; TextBox1.Font.Name = Thoma; TextBox1.Font.Size = 12;