trillo
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Fontsize in Static Ctrl
This must be very easy:
I have a dialog box with a Static control (Static Text). How do I change the font size?
I'm NOT USING MFC !!!
I can obtain a HFONT handle by sending the WM_GETFONT message to the control, and I could send it back with the WM_SETFONT message... but what should I do with that handle to change the font size?... Or am I the complete wrong way?
Thanks
I have a dialog box with a Static control (Static Text). How do I change the font size?
I'm NOT USING MFC !!!
I can obtain a HFONT handle by sending the WM_GETFONT message to the control, and I could send it back with the WM_SETFONT message... but what should I do with that handle to change the font size?... Or am I the complete wrong way?
Thanks
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Just what I needed!
I tried what you said and it worked, although my control uses the system font (Ms Sans Serif), and it seems that you can't get the font smaller than default. I could change de typeface in the LOGFONT structure, but how do I handle if that font does not exist in some other machine?
And, by the way, do you how do I change the color of the text in my static control?
Thanks.
I tried what you said and it worked, although my control uses the system font (Ms Sans Serif), and it seems that you can't get the font smaller than default. I could change de typeface in the LOGFONT structure, but how do I handle if that font does not exist in some other machine?
And, by the way, do you how do I change the color of the text in my static control?
Thanks.
Hi trillo,
If the specified font does not exist, the Windows font mapper selects a font which characteristics match the given LOGFONT as near as possible, so for most cases you don't have to worry about it. If you want to find out if a font exist you can use the EnumFontFamilies() API function.
To change the color of the text you'll have to handle the WM_CTLCOLOR message. With this message you recieve a device context handle which you can use to set the text color via SetTextColor(). See help for WM_CTLCOLOR for further infos.
hope that helps,
ZOPPO
If the specified font does not exist, the Windows font mapper selects a font which characteristics match the given LOGFONT as near as possible, so for most cases you don't have to worry about it. If you want to find out if a font exist you can use the EnumFontFamilies() API function.
To change the color of the text you'll have to handle the WM_CTLCOLOR message. With this message you recieve a device context handle which you can use to set the text color via SetTextColor(). See help for WM_CTLCOLOR for further infos.
hope that helps,
ZOPPO
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Thanks a lot.
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