EnumFontFamProc not being CalledBack by EnumFontFamilies

[BenFinkel]

Hey Everyone,

Tough one here. Not my code, but I'm helping a friend.


Basically, she wants to get a list of Printer Fonts. In VB6 this is done using the EnumFontFamilies API call, which calls back a function in your VB App.

We cannot get this to work in VB.NET I *think* that the problem may lie in our structure definitions for two Structures that get used by EnumFontFamProc (LOGFONT and NEWTEXTMETRIC)

Anyways, I'd appreciate any advice anyone's got for us.

Thanks!

--Ben

See attached code. To trigger, just set mPrinter equal to the name of the printer (from PrintDialog box) and run the FillFonts function (like below):

        Dim f As String
        Dim prtdlg As PrintDialog = New PrintDialog
        prtdlg.PrinterSettings = New Printing.PrinterSettings
        If prtdlg.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
            'Dim MyFonts As New cFonts(prtdlg.PrinterSettings.PrinterName)
            EnumPrintFonts.mPrinter = prtdlg.PrinterSettings.PrinterName
            EnumPrintFonts.FillFonts()
            Me.lbFontList.Items.Clear()
            For Each f In EnumPrintFonts.mFonts
                Me.lbFontList.Items.Add(f)
            Next
        End If

[BenFinkel]

Sorry,

Missed the attachment:

[dynamic_sysop]

i presume you are trying to enumerate the same fonts as are available to your system / controls as well as the printer. this can be done through the fontfamily.

Dim f As FontFamily
        For Each f In FontFamily.Families
            Console.WriteLine(f.Name)
        Next

[BenFinkel]

Sysop,

Thanks, but actually no I'm not. I'm able to get those fonts just fine, it's the Printer Fonts that are tricky.

.NET doesn't have any way to get the printer fonts (which I've discovered through web browsing) but old Windows API calls do. The problem lies in my callback function, which isn't being called back.

Thanks for the message though!

--Ben