Creating ActiveX control in .NET for IE - Ambient Properties

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From: Lee Atkinson (leeatkinsonlincs_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:20:49 +0000

Hi

I am creating an ActiveX control in .NET that is embedded into a web
page in IE. I am embedding an ActiveX rather than a Windows Forms
control, since the webpage runs from the local machine, and for
Microsoft security reasons, winforms controls won't work.

How do I prevent my control picking up the ambient properties of the
parent web page, such that the fonts become Times Roman of the standard
web page? Ideally, I would like the font's to be the fonts used in the
application IE itself - i.e. the standard Windows font. If not, I would
at least prefer to set the fonts myself.

Thanks

Regards

Lee Atkinson

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