Re: Changing fonts in edit controls

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From: Tom W. Brown
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:06

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In article <1993Jan27.130447.1129@posthorn.informatik.uni-kl.de>, schmitz@vier.informatik.uni-kl.de (Wolfgang Schmitz (PA Richter)) writes:
|> 
|> I need to change the font used in an edit window. I
|> trapped the WM_CTLCOLOR message and simply mapped
|> a different font into the device context provided
|> by this message. Unfortunately this works only
|> half way. Although the edit window displays it's
|> content using the new font, there seems to be
|> something messed up with the position of the caret.
|> 
|> Any suggestions?

A better way is to set the desired font for the control during
WM_INITDIALOG processing by sending the control a WM_SETFONT
message:

   .
   .
   .
   SendDlgItemMessage(hdlg, IDEDIT, WM_SETFONT, hMyFont, 0L);
   .
   .
   .


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