Rolf,

You can use the "templateButton" and "templateField". Set the properties for
these templates, and then the next time you create a new button or new
field, it will start with a copy of the template, complete with font
settings.

Hope this helps,

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rolf Kocherhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:22 AM
Subject: Button + Field Fonts etc.


> I like to mimic every OS as best as I can. Therefore I like to
> display Button on MacOS9 in Charcoal 12 point and on MacOSX in Osaka
> 13 point (Sounds strange but looks best (I know it should be Lucida
> Grande)).
>
>
> I know I can go through every button + field and go:
>
>   if the platform is "MacOS" and the systemVersion is "9.2.1" then
>      set the textFont of me to "Charcoal"
>      set the textSize of me to 12
>      answer "MacOS 9"
>    end if
>
>    if the platform is "MacOS" and the systemVersion is "10.1.1" then
>      set the textFont of me to "Osaka"
>      set the textSize of me to 13
>      answer "MacOSX"
>    end if
>
> and repeat this for every button and for every field I got on a certain
card.
>
>
> But I also know that if you create a new button it get kind of a
> default TextFont but its name and size is not displayed when you open
> the Fonts Stack in the Editor.
> So I thought that I can go similar to this:
>
>   if the platform is "MacOS" and the systemVersion is "9.2.1" then
>      set the textFont of for all buttons  to "Charcoal"
>      set the textSize of for all buttons to 12
>   end if
>
> This would be very easy ... I know it is not possible but maybe there
> is something like a defaultText or similar ?
>
> Can anyone help on this ?
>
> Regards Rolf
>
>

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