Fonts

[SteveCRM]

How would I add different fonts to my buttons and statics?

[parksie]

You need to send it a WM_SETFONT message with the handle to a newly created HFONT:

SendMessage(hWnd_Edit, WM_SETFONT, hTheFont, TRUE); // TRUE = redraw after setting

To create the font, use the CreateFont function:

HFONT hTheFont;
HDC hEditDC = GetDC(hWnd_Edit);
int nHeight = -MulDiv(26 /* Point size required */, GetDeviceCaps(hEditDC, LOGPIXELSY), 72);

hTheFont = CreateFont(nHeight, 0, 0, 0, FW_NORMAL, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, DEFAULT_CHARSET, OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, DEFAULT_QUALITY, DEFAULT_PITCH, "Times New Roman");

ReleaseDC(hEditDC);

See the PSDK for more info on the parameters...there's lots of them I would post it here but it's too long

[SteveCRM]

should I put this right under WinMain?

so It would look like this?

HFONT hTheFont;
HDC hEditDC = GetDC(ghWnd_PlayFile);
int nHeight = -MulDiv(26 /* Point size required */, GetDeviceCaps(hEditDC, LOGPIXELSY), 72);

hTheFont = CreateFont(nHeight, 0, 0, 0, FW_NORMAL, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, DEFAULT_CHARSET, OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, DEFAULT_QUALITY, DEFAULT_PITCH, "Wingdings 3");

ReleaseDC(ghWnd_PlayFile, hEditDC);

SendMessage(ghWnd_PlayFile, WM_SETFONT, hTheFont, TRUE); // TRUE = redraw after setting

[parksie]

You could do, or you could separate it out into a separate function that you call from WinMain:

void SetFont(HWND hWnd, int iPointSize, const char *pcFontName) {
    HFONT hTheFont;
    HDC hDC = GetDC(hWnd);
    int nHeight = -MulDiv(iPointSize, GetDeviceCaps(hDC, LOGPIXELSY), 72);

    hTheFont = CreateFont(nHeight, 0, 0, 0, FW_NORMAL, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, DEFAULT_CHARSET, OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, DEFAULT_QUALITY, DEFAULT_PITCH, pcFontName);

    ReleaseDC(hWnd, hDC);

    SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SETFONT, hTheFont, TRUE);
}

int WinMain(...) {
    // ...
    SetFont(ghWnd_Edit, 26, "Wingdings 3");
    // ...
}

[SteveCRM]

Nothing Changes...not even sizes

[parksie]

Hmmm...it worked for me when I just tested that function

(I used the (WPARAM) cast as decided in our MSN conversation...)