changing fonts

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2 total messages Started by Esmond Pitt Mon, 26 Nov 1990 03:08

#1675

Author: Esmond Pitt
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 1990 03:08

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I have read the MSJ Journal articles (esp. Mark Adler) on how to change
the default fonts for a particular window. ]It's an amazingly
long-winded process.] Anyway what I want to do is change the font for
ALL windows, especially STATIC and EDIT windows, to a Courier or other
monospaced font, so the people I'm interfacing for can continue to
think in rows and columns of characters. Do I really have to use
OWNERDRAW on all of them, or is there a neater way?

Thanks for any help.

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Esmond Pitt, Computer Power Group
ejp@bohra.cpg.oz
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Re: changing fonts

#1691

Author: Brian E. Danilko
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 1990 14:56

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In article <835@bohra.cpg.oz> ejp@bohra.cpg.oz (Esmond Pitt) writes:
>...Do I really have to use
>OWNERDRAW on all of them, or is there a neater way?

The Microsoft programmer's reference manual, version 1.2, volume 4 
contains a new command - WinSetPresParam - on page 332.  This command
can be used for changing the font using the PP_FONTNAMESIZE or 
PP_FONTHANDLE.  And the bonus part is that under comments on page 333
it is stated that all windows owned by the window calling the 
WinSetPresParam will have a WM_PRESPARAMCHANGED message sent to them.

So if you call the WinSetPresParam in a window owning static windows,
the static windows should take and use the new presentation parameter.
                               - OR -
Do the Microsoft created window classes not use the WM_PRESPARAMCHANGED??

I haven't tried this yet because of time pressures and because of the 
lack of information about the parameters PP_FONTNAMESIZE and PP_FONTHANDLE,
but it may provide a way of changing a font for all windows in an application.

P.S. I once tried changing the file name for the system font in one of the
     ini files to the courier font but it didn't work.  Doesn't OS/2 use 
     the information in it's ini files?
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Brian E. Danilko
E & M Waterloo, NCR Canada Ltd.,     MAILplus:  Brian.Danilko@Waterloo.NCR.COM
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA            UUCP:      uunet!ncrlnk!swdev!bed

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