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Klarre

Sep 1st, 2007 6:22 AM

[WIN32 API] GUI widgets font size

How do I set what font should be used in GUI controls created using the CreateWindow function?

http://www.klarre.se/data/fontsize.png

Thanks for your help!

/Klarre

Eoin	Sep 1st, 2007 9:58 AM

Hi Klarre, this is not exactly an answer to your question, but if you want to use controls it's recommended to use them with a Dialog window. That way you'll not only get the correct fonts but also other things that Windows handles automatically such as being able to cycle through the controls by pressing tab.

Prm753

Sep 1st, 2007 2:14 PM

I've always used something like this to get my font un-nasty:

HWND hWnd = GetDlgItem( hWndButton, "BUTTON" );

HFONT hFont = GetStockObject( DEFAULT_GUI_FONT );

SendMessage( hWndButton, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM)hFont, TRUE );

Is that what you were looking for?

Klarre

Sep 3rd, 2007 2:08 PM

Thanks Prm753! Works great!

Eoin, I will check out the dialog window thing. Thanks for the tip!

/Klarre

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