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Message 1671457 - Posted: 29 Apr 2015, 12:51:35 UTC

Just installed (finally!) 7.4.42 over 7.0.64 on one of my crunchers, and noticed that it is using a slightly larger typeface (on my full HD screen, that amounts to about 46 lines per Tasks screen versus the previous 52).

Did I miss something? Is there a way within BOINC to change the font size?
Thanks for any info...
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Message 1671464 - Posted: 29 Apr 2015, 13:04:30 UTC - in response to Message 1671457.  

Yes, it does. No, you can't.
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Message 1671544 - Posted: 29 Apr 2015, 17:14:37 UTC
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Thanks, Richard.

Just out of curiosity, why the change? Are we going full Windows 8 soon?
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Message 1671699 - Posted: 29 Apr 2015, 22:18:14 UTC

The font in the tabs is hard coded, but can be adjusted in size by changing the DPI setting in Windows (100% .. 125% .. 150% at Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display).

The font of the menu items (File, View, Tools, Advanced, Help) can be changed by changing the font of the Menu Item in Windows Color and Appearance. You can change the font and the size here. This will change the font and the size of all your menus in Windows (and possibly other programs such as browsers) as well.
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Message 1671760 - Posted: 30 Apr 2015, 1:09:10 UTC - in response to Message 1671699.  

The font in the tabs is hard coded, but can be adjusted in size by changing the DPI setting in Windows (100% .. 125% .. 150% at Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display).

The font of the menu items (File, View, Tools, Advanced, Help) can be changed by changing the font of the Menu Item in Windows Color and Appearance. You can change the font and the size here. This will change the font and the size of all your menus in Windows (and possibly other programs such as browsers) as well.



I knew this stuff, just wanted to know if BOINC had some internal setting I did not know about. No seems to be the answer.
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Message 1671769 - Posted: 30 Apr 2015, 1:31:41 UTC

Or you could just use the previous version of boincmgr.exe if you liked how it looked better.
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Message 1671933 - Posted: 30 Apr 2015, 9:52:18 UTC - in response to Message 1671769.  

Or you could just use the previous version of boincmgr.exe if you liked how it looked better.


I dunno about that. I mean, there are changes between different versions of BOINC. If I start mixing files from different versions on one machine, I could maybe run into either incompatibilities or strange behavior...sounds like asking for trouble to me. It is complicated enough already, seems to me.
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Message 1671935 - Posted: 30 Apr 2015, 10:01:21 UTC - in response to Message 1671933.  

Or you could just use the previous version of boincmgr.exe if you liked how it looked better.


I dunno about that. I mean, there are changes between different versions of BOINC. If I start mixing files from different versions on one machine, I could maybe run into either incompatibilities or strange behavior...sounds like asking for trouble to me. It is complicated enough already, seems to me.

It's fine. The 'Manager' and the 'Client' are separate programs, and can be used independently - though you would have to set it up manually, they travel as a pair in the generic installer.
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