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Chapter 3 - Help Manager / Help Manager Reference

Help Manager Routines / Getting and Setting the Font Name and Size

HMGetFontSize

To get information about the font size that is currently used to display text in help balloons, use the HMGetFontSize function.

FUNCTION HMGetFontSize (VAR fontSize: Integer): OSErr;

fontSize

The global font size used to display text in help balloons.

DESCRIPTION

The HMGetFontSize function returns in its fontSize parameter the global font size used to display text in help balloons. This information applies only to Pascal strings stored in the help resources themselves and to strings from 'STR#' and 'STR ' resources; it does not apply to text in 'PICT' or styled text resources, or in handles to either of these resources.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION

The trap macro and routine selector for the HMGetFontSize function are

Trap macro	Selector
_Pack14	$020B

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
memFullErr	-108	Not enough room in heap zone

SEE ALSO

See the chapter "TextEdit" in Inside Macintosh: Text for detailed information about font sizes.