I just tried changing the font for my test script using RefontTree to re-set the font on my whole program and it will not change the font in the messageBox.

This is very strange because the widget demo DOES use a different font in the messageBox that it displays, but I can't figure out how. The widget demo never CHANGES the font that it uses in the messageBox, but it is a larger bolder font than the one that I always get.

Here is my code that shows the ability to change the font for the whole rest of the program, but the messageBox is always the same

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;
use Tk::FontDialog;

my $mw=new MainWindow;
$mw->Label(-text => "Test")->pack;
$mw->Button(-text => "Another test")->pack;
$mw->Button(-text => "Use Tk::FontDialog",
             -command => sub {
                 my $font = $mw->FontDialog->Show;
                 if (defined $font) {
                     $mw->RefontTree(-font => $font);
                 }
             })->pack;

my $mess .= "\nAre these two customers the same?";
$mw->Button(-text => "Test messageBox",
             -command => sub {
                 my $res = $mw -> messageBox(
                           -title   => "This is a test",
                           -message => $mess,
                           -type    => 'yesno');
                 }
             )->pack;

MainLoop;

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Does anyone have any ideas here? Or what I could try?

I'd give up, except for the fact that I KNOW it can be done because the widget demo shows it!

Thank you for any tips or advice you might have for me

In reply to Re^3: Can't specify font in messageBox by Theo_124
in thread Can't specify font in messageBox by Theo_124

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