SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault in .NET Class Library containing a form

Hi

I have a .net class library with a com class that calls a form. I want to to SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false) to ensure the form fonts look nice.

If I run the command in the class constructor I get the following error: SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault must be called before the first IWin32Window object is created in the application.

Where can/should I run this? Surely there is no earlier place than sub New!

Thank in advance

Jon

Edit1: To clarify, I get this error when initiating the class from a .net test harness, if I call it from a VB6 app then I simply get "Automation Error"

Edit2: Is the answer that I cannot use SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault in a com class when calling from a vb6 app?? Maybe it's the "parent" app that needs to call this method and as such a vb6 app cannot?

Edit3: Maybe I am asking this question in the wrong way! - Maybe the question is: how can I make the fonts look nice in a .net class library form called from a vb6 app?

From stackoverflow

• Place this inside the application startup code before the first window is created. Under C# this would be the main routine that then creates the initial window.

  wheelibin : Because this is a class which has a function calling the form, then I was under the impression that sub New is the "application startup code"?

• A possible workaround would be to set the property manually on all buttons and labels in the form constructor:

  public Form1()
  {
      InitializeComponent();
      DisableCompatibleTextRendering(this);
  }
  
  private static void DisableCompatibleTextRendering(Control c)
  {
      var button = (c as ButtonBase);
      var label = (c as Label);
  
      if (button != null)
      {
          button.UseCompatibleTextRendering = false;
      }
  
      if (label != null)
      {
          label.UseCompatibleTextRendering = false;
      }
  
      foreach (var child in c.Controls.Cast<Control>())
      {
          DisableCompatibleTextRendering(child);
      }
  }
  

  wheelibin : I'll do it this way...thanks for your answer :)