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Text Size in Static Controls

How does one set the text size in a static control when using the TextOut method ? I have been using the following wm_ctlcolorstatic message and it works fine except for the text size.

       case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
{
HDC hdcStatic ;
hdcStatic=GetDC(hwndSsel );
SetTextColor(hdcStatic, RGB(250,0,0));

//      SetBkColor(hdcStatic,RGB(0,0,0));
SetBkMode(hdcStatic,TRANSPARENT);
TextOut(hdcStatic,14,10,"2",1);

return (LONG)br_back;
}
break;

Daij-Djan

Use a font with the drawtext function.

DanRollins

Unless you need to change the font on-the-fly, it's easiest to simpley create the HFONT and send a WM_SETFONT message to the STATIC control early on (e.g., in your WM_INITDIALOG handler.

You can use CreatePointFont() to obtain the desired HFONT.

-- Dan

librazone

ASKER

Well I was using the WM_SETFONT before I decided to color the background of the static control and it worked ok.As soon as I started using the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC with the device context for the control the WM_SETFONT no longer worked.Does the WM_SETFONT message work when using the TextOut method.

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librazone

ASKER

Yeah well the problem is that the text changes in these statics.If it didnt I would simply use a bitmap and draw that to the control as I have done for my other statics.The whole problem is with the text background color.If I use HFONT,WM_SETFONT,WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC and SetdlgItemInt the background color is ok but the text background color remains white.If I use TextOut everything is ok except I would like to increase the size of the text just a bit.Actually I could leave it as is because the readability is ok but I was wondering what that size is that TextOut is using.This has become an interesting little problem.

librazone

ASKER

OK I just got it to work.. the problem was with my creating separate device contexts for the statics.