Re: Changing Font & Size In Agent Usnet Posting Windows

[Ralph Fox]

On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 17:38:12 -0600, ca...@not.aol.com wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 17:19:56 -0600, ca...@not.aol.com wrote:
>
>> First of all, I'm using Agent 1.93 with Windows XP.
>>
>> I have the fonts in the Browser, etc., window set the way I want them
>> through using the menu for those settings. However, I cannot figure
>> out how to change the size of the font in the Usenet Posting Window.
>> The type is much too small. The Newsgroup, Subject, etc., font is the
>> one I'm referring to.
>>
> >Anyone have any idea what dictates that type's font and size?
>
> I think I just noticed that the font size in Agent's Posting Window
> seems to be the same minuscule size as I have in File Explorer.
>
> Which means - I'm guessing, that I'm going to have to screw around
> with the font/icon settings in the resolution menu.


What dictates it is the Windows XP dialog font size. The Windows XP
dialog font happens to have the same default setting as several other
Windows XP font settings.

In XP you could adjust either the dialog font size itself, or your DPI
resolution. This will affect all programs, not only Agent.

XP Dialog Font setting: <https://i.imgur.com/omX351X.png>

XP DPI Resolution: <https://i.imgur.com/4UrLCv3.png>


Later versions of Windows do not offer the option to adjust the dialog
font size; only the DPI resolution.


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Kind regards
Ralph

[Kirk Bubul]

On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:33:59 +1300, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid>

Back in about 2011, Ralph Fox wrote this:

QUOTE:
You can zoom or expand the text in the message body pane for
single message from the menu. This will not affect other
messages. For instructions, see this message from a few months
ago.
<http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent/msg/95581287a8b8990a>
Other messages will not be zoomed. But when you return to the
same message, Agent will remember and zoom it again. Most times
when people want to zoom the text in a message, it is because the
message has tiny text.
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Kind regards
Ralph
END QUOTE

I saved and have used this for several versions of Agent. I
realize that the steps differ for Agent 1.93, but maybe Ralph
will get you started. These steps allow one to create several
font step-ups for when you get tiny type. I have 4 levels of
enlargement. (It takes me 5 clicks in Agent 8.0 to enlarge the
font in a message. I wish it were as easy as in Windows, where
are one does is ^+ to step up the font size in a browser window.)

[Ralph Fox]

On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:55:10 -0600, ca...@not.aol.com wrote:

> >In XP you could adjust either the dialog font size itself, or your DPI
> >resolution. This will affect all programs, not only Agent.
> >
> > XP Dialog Font setting: <https://i.imgur.com/omX351X.png>
>

> No, I tried that exact menu. I moved the size from Tahoma 8 to
> Tahoma 12 and the only result I got was the fonts on my Desktop and in
> some other places increased in size. The Newsgroup, Subject, Email To
> and all following lines in Agent stayed the same.


It sounds like you had something other than "Message Box" selected
in the "Item" drop-down, when you adjusted the font size.


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Kind regards
Ralph

[Ralph Fox]

On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 17:19:56 -0600, ca...@not.aol.com wrote:

> First of all, I'm using Agent 1.93 with Windows XP.
>
> I have the fonts in the Browser, etc., window set the way I want them
> through using the menu for those settings. However, I cannot figure
> out how to change the size of the font in the Usenet Posting Window.
> The type is much too small. The Newsgroup, Subject, etc., font is the
> one I'm referring to.
>
> Anyone have any idea what dictates that type's font and size?

Here is how to change the size of the Newsgroup, Subject, etc., font
in Agent 1.93's compose window.

screen-shot comparison: <https://i.imgur.com/C8IzlDZ.png>

You will need a 'resource editor' to edit the agent.exe file and change
the font size in there. I use "Resource Hacker" for this.
Resource Hacker: <http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/>.

These instructions do _not_ work with Agent 2.0 and later.

For users running Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10, you may need to copy agent.exe
to an editable location, modify it there, and copy the modified agent.exe
back.


Instructions

1. Make sure Agent 1.93 is not running.
2. Run Resource Hacker.
3. From inside Resource Hacker, use "File >> Open" to open
Agent 1.93's agent.exe file.
4. In the left pane of Resource Hacker, expand "Dialog".
5. Select Dialog number 20624.
6. In the right pane for dialog # 20624, near the top, is a line
like this:
FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
Edit that line and change the number 8 to (say) 12.

screen-shot: <https://i.imgur.com/ZrNwzgs.gif>

7. Next, use Resource Hacker's menu command "Action >> Compile Script".
screen-shot: <https://i.imgur.com/sSdTYTT.png>

8. Repeat steps 5, 6, and 7 for dialog number 20629.

9. After both 20624 and 20629 have been modified and compiled, use
Resource Hacker's menu command "File >> Save" to update agent.exe.
screen-shot: <https://i.imgur.com/9m1tFSe.png>

If you get a save error, check these things
* Check that agent.exe is not running;
* Check that the agent.exe file is not set to read-only;
* In Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10, you may need to copy agent.exe
to an editable location, modify it there, and copy the modified
agent.exe back.


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Kind regards
Ralph

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