I created a LabVIEW executable, but the font size used in the executable is different from the original font used in the labVIEW development environment. How to fix this? Thanks. Ian

It is possible that your OS is configured for large fonts? RIght-click on the desktop...screeen resolution. Now click on "make text and other items larger or smaller". Make sure you are at 100%. I guess yours is set to >100% and that's why you get 20 by default.

@Ian_Ren wrote:It works now if I add the following manually in the *.ini file. How can I ask LabVIEW to add it in automatically while creating an executable? appFont="0" 14I don't recommend "0" because that says use the Windows font, but specifically defines the font size. Change Windows, and you could wind up with a different font of the same size, (but fonts are never quite identical.) When you create an executable, you will need to create the .ini file for it that includes those settings, include it in the project, and make sure the installer you build references that .ini file so it gets copied over when you install. That is why the best solution is to specifically define all of your controls to use a specific font such as Tahoma 14, or Segoe UI 15, or whatever Microsoft's fav orite font happens to be at the moement as opposed teo having those controls pointing to "System font". That way it doesn't need to look at the .ini and doesn't need to grab the font settings from Windows.

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Three boolean controls attached.

They are just customized controls so they "look better".

TypeDef - Sound - Play.ctl ‏7 KB

TypeDef - Sound - Pause.ctl ‏7 KB

TypeDef - Sound - Stop.ctl ‏6 KB

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You guys are correct again. The issue is with the boolean text font even they are hidden. After I changed them to "Arial 14" from "Application 14", the executable appearance is the same as what in LabVIEW development.

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