KPG-89D - Font Size

[WormtownNative]

A question for the hive mind. I've been teaching myself programming via a new to me TK-3180 and KPG-89D, but as of late, KPG has reduced the text/font size in the Zone Name and Channel Name. I don't even know how this happened - I'm guessing I hit something, but I don't know what.

I've tried the help file and Google, but I'm not finding a setting to change it. Any suggestions on where to look?

 

[n7maq-1]

It is not in the software alone, it is a combo of Windows and the FPU. I delt with it for some time, one of the other techs here at the shop figured it out IIRC, I'll ask him tomorrow.

 

[kd4efm]

System font size settings. Can't say where to look, but it will be in system settings.

 

[WormtownNative]

System font size settings. Can't say where to look, but it will be in system settings.

That does not appear to be a solution. It increases banner text size, but not text in those boxes.

It is not in the software alone, it is a combo of Windows and the FPU. I delt with it for some time, one of the other techs here at the shop figured it out IIRC, I'll ask him tomorrow.

Thank you!

 

[hill]

That's a new one on me to see small font on Kenwood KPG software.

I have around 5 software packages to program my various Kenwood including KPG-89 and none
of them have ever had this issue.

Going forward I am thinking it's something with your computer and it's settings and not a setting within KPG-89.

 

[wd8chl]

That can't be a KPG issue, since that software is too old, and has not been updated in a very long time. It HAS to be a change in your PC.
And to be clear, I just fired up KPG-89D on my XP laptop. No change.

 

[WormtownNative]

That can't be a KPG issue, since that software is too old, and has not been updated in a very long time. It HAS to be a change in your PC.
And to be clear, I just fired up KPG-89D on my XP laptop. No change.

Understood. Probably doesn't help I'm trying to run it on Windows 11 then.

 

[sallen07]

Understood. Probably doesn't help I'm trying to run it on Windows 11 then.

Another vote for "system setting". I am running it on Windows 11 without any issues. Note that I have the opposite situation (won't call it a problem): The channel name is bigger than the other fields!

If you go to Settings/System/Display/Scale, what do you have it set at? Mine is at 125% (old eyes!).

 

[AM909]

Back in WinXP, there was this Advanced Appearance dialog that let you set the size of various individual UI items, like listbox text, scrollbars, etc. At some point in Windows evolution, I think it disappeared, but the underlying registry values may still be around, just manipulated to the "right" values by the higher-level settings (i.e., when you change "font size" or whatever a theme is called now). The key may be to manipulate your Windows appearance settings to make it rewrite those values.

It's also possible, even likely, that KPG-* uses a Windows API to store its window positions and settings in the registry so when you customize a window and close it, it can (theoretically) re-open the window in an appropriate way. That may unfortunately include the font size and other things that KPG-* have no way to set.

For KPG-89DN, the key may be Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\KENWOOD\KPG89DN\Backup , values LastModel and LastWinPos.

You could copy those values and then remove them to see if KPG-89DN re-initializes them to something sane on restart.

As always, YMMV, take great care with registry edits, IANAE, blah blah blah.

 

[WormtownNative]

I'm running it at 100%.

It is annoying, but it's something that I can live with. I only use it for the 3180, the two main radios I've been playing with (TK-5220 and TK-5230) use a different software.