4D v14 introduces a new command, SET RECENT FONTS. This command takes in a Text array of font names and sets it to the Recent fonts list. Using this command a set of fonts typically used fonts for a database can be set allowing users to easily find change the fonts of the multi styled text.

A newly opened database will not contain any recent fonts as shown:


Applying the following code, the list can be populated with recent fonts:

ARRAY TEXT($recent_at;0) APPEND TO ARRAY($recent_at;"Times New Roman") APPEND TO ARRAY($recent_at;"Arial") APPEND TO ARRAY($recent_at;"Calibri") APPEND TO ARRAY($recent_at;"Courier") SET RECENT FONTS($recent_at)

Having the code ran when a form is loaded will present users with quick access to a list of fonts as shown:


The SET RECENT FONTS command replaces the current list with the text array passed and does not append it.

For example, the current Recent fonts contain Comic Sans MS:


Running the following code the list is completly replaced:

ARRAY TEXT($arrRecent;0) APPEND TO ARRAY($arrRecent;"Times New Roman") SET RECENT FONTS($recent_at)

To maintain the current list of recent fonts simply use the FONT LIST command with the second parameter set to 2 to populate a text array with the list of recent fonts then append the new fonts desired:

ARRAY TEXT($arrRecent;0) FONT LIST($arrRecent;2) APPEND TO ARRAY($arrRecent;"Times New Roman") SET RECENT FONTS($recent_at)

Knowing this the list can also be cleared simply by passing an empty array:

ARRAY TEXT($arrRecent;0) SET RECENT FONTS($recent_at)

Applying these features can provide convienence to the users by allowing the ability to access a list of commonly used fonts in a database by loading a list at startup or allow them to clear their list without restarting the application.