WindowsFormsApplicationBase.UseCompatibleTextRendering Property

By default, this property returns False to indicate that the GDI text rendering engine for Visual Basic 2005 be used for the application's forms. However, you can override this property to return True and specify that the application's forms use the GDI+ text rendering engine, which is used in Visual Basic .NET 2002 and Visual Basic .NET 2003.

This property is called by the WindowsFormsApplicationBase constructor.

Code that overrides methods of the WindowsFormsApplicationBase class should be entered in the ApplicationEvents.vb file, which is hidden by default.

This example demonstrates how to set the GDI+ text rendering engine as the application's default rendering engine by overriding the UseCompatibleTextRendering property.

Protected Overloads Shared ReadOnly Property UseCompatibleTextRendering() As Boolean
    Get
        ' Use the GDI+ text rendering engine.
        Return True
    End Get
End Property

You must enter this code in the Code Editor window for application events. For more information, see Application Page, Project Designer (Visual Basic).

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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