[RESOLVED] Treeview Node Font

[Sitten Spynne]

Didn't see this:

Why this

Dim f As New Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8, FontStyle.Underline)
Dim f2 As New Font(f, FontStyle.Bold)

when this works:

Dim f As New Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8, FontStyle.Underline & FontStyle.Bold)

(to be fair, I can't remember if the flags should be & together or + together... one or both should work).

-tg

Smart-aleck answer: because the '&' operator is only used for bitwise operations in C#.

Other smart-aleck answer: because the first block of code doesn't try to make the text bold AND underlined, that constructor for Font() should read as follows: "Use the same font size and family as this font, but let me define a new style".

Also: you can't misspell a font name when you use the original font as the "prototype".

Also: MS Sans Serif was the default font for Win 3.1, it's time to move to Segoe UI or at least Tahoma.

It's generally more common that you have a not-bold font you want to make bold, and it's a pain in the butt to grab all the other stuff you need to make the font. So this is a convenience overload. Not every project uses the same font throughout, and in situations like a RichTextBox you can have a multitude of Font objects in play.