How can I access the most recent of 'recently used font' (seen on the text dropdown) through code?

mimozhis over 1 year ago

hello,

I'm trying to modify a macro (replacing a selected text with a specified font) with a more universal version - replacing with last selected font. Is such trick possible?

thank you,

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Shelby Moore over 1 year ago +2

There is no API to get the most recently used font. For CorelDRAW 2022 the list is stored in the registry here: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Corel\CorelDRAW\24.0\Draw\Application Preferences...

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0 Shelby Moore over 1 year ago

There is no API to get the most recently used font.

For CorelDRAW 2022 the list is stored in the registry here:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Corel\CorelDRAW\24.0\Draw\Application Preferences\AssetListOptions\Groups\FontList.TextProperties

Then look at MRUList

You will see some JSON for the list there. Here is a quick example:

[
	{
		"AssetIDUIKey": "eFont-81",
		"Family": "Ink Free",
		"SubFamily": "Regular",
		"Version": "Version 1.01",
		"Tech": 4,
		"Weight": 400,
		"Width": 5,
		"Italic": false,
		"Manufacturer": "MONO"
	},
	{
		"AssetIDUIKey": "eFont-80",
		"Family": "Impact",
		"SubFamily": "Regular",
		"Version": "Version 5.11",
		"Tech": 4,
		"Weight": 400,
		"Width": 3,
		"Italic": false,
		"Manufacturer": "MONO"
	}
]

Hope that helps,

-Shelby

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