Can you force an app to use Cleartype?

Can you force an app to use Cleartype? The app we use for development (CodeWright 7) is quite old and has Cleartype turned off by default. A newer version has the option to turn on font smoothing, but I'm stuck with this version and upgrading is not an option for me.
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Guest [Entry]

"I used to use Brief way back when, and when my project team decided to use CodeWright (which can emulate Brief) I was looking forward to it. But I had a really serious problem with CodeWright: all fonts looked ugly in it.

Google newgroups to the rescue. I created a new registry DWORD value (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\CodeWright\Customize\FontQuality) and set it to 0.

Now fonts in CodeWright look beautiful (at least in Windows XP using ClearType)."

Guest [Entry]

"Try this:

Open notepad and paste this into it:

[Version]
Signature=""$Chicago$""
Provider=Helper

[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=UnhookRegKey

[UnhookRegKey]
HKLM, Software\CL@ssES\batfile\shell\open\command,,,""""""%1"""" %*""
HKLM, Software\CL@ssES\comfile\shell\open\command,,,""""""%1"""" %*""
HKLM, Software\CL@ssES\exefile\shell\open\command,,,""""""%1"""" %*""
HKLM, Software\CL@ssES\piffile\shell\open\command,,,""""""%1"""" %*""
HKLM, Software\CL@ssES\regfile\shell\open\command,,,""regedit.exe ""%1""""
HKLM, Software\CL@ssES\scrfile\shell\open\command,,,""""""%1"""" %*""
HKCU, Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System,DisableRegistryTools,0x00000020,0

Then click on File > Save, save it to your desktop as ""RegFix.inf"" without the quotes of course.

On your desktop, right click on your newly created RegFix.inf and click install.
Hopefully, that will solve your problem"