BigFontFile Property (ActiveX)

Specifies the name of the Big Font file associated with the text or attribute.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.BigFontFile

object

Type: TextStyle

The object this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No

Type: String

The name of the Big Font file.

Remarks

This property is similar to the FontFile property, except that it is used to specify an Asian-language Big Font file. The only valid file type is SHX.

This property cannot be set to NULL or an empty string.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_BigFontFile()
    ' This example returns the current setting of
    ' BigFontFile. It then changes the value.
    
    Dim textStyle1 As AcadTextStyle
    Dim currBigFontFile As String
    Dim newBigFontFile As String
    
    Set textStyle1 = ThisDrawing.ActiveTextStyle
    
    ' Retrieve the current BigFontFile value
    currBigFontFile = textStyle1.BigFontFile
    MsgBox "The current value for BigFontFile is " & currBigFontFile, vbInformation, "BigFontFile Example"
    
    ' Change the value for BigFontFile
    newBigFontFile = "C:/AutoCAD/Fonts/bigfont.shx"
    textStyle1.BigFontFile = newBigFontFile
    MsgBox "The new value for BigFontFile is " & newBigFontFile, vbInformation, "BigFontFile Example"

End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_BigFontFile()
    ;; This example returns the current setting of
    ;; BigFontFile. It then changes the value.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj))
  
    (setq textStyle1 (vla-get-ActiveTextStyle doc))
    
    ;; Retrieve the current BigFontFile value
    (setq currBigFontFile (vla-get-BigFontFile textStyle1))
    (alert (if (= currBigFontFile "")
	       (strcat "There is not big font file assigned to this font.")
	       (strcat "The current value for BigFontFile is " currBigFontFile))
    )

    ;; Change the value for BigFontFile
    (setq newBigFontFile (findfile "./Fonts/bigfont.shx"))
    (vla-put-BigFontFile textStyle1 newBigFontFile)
    (alert (strcat "The new value for BigFontFile is " newBigFontFile))
)