Changing text of a static control as BOLD

neha agarwal27

Hi all, I have made a static text box in my application. i want to make the text of that static dialog box as BOLD. I dont want to change the font just want to make it as bold.... How could i do so.... Thanks in advance

Rajesh R Subramanian

Add a control variable to your static control (m_static here) and add a CFont member to your class (myFont here). You could then apply the bold style to the font in your control like this:

CFont *font = m_static.GetFont();
LOGFONT lf;
font->GetLogFont(&lf);
lf.lfWeight = FW_BOLD;
myFont.CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
m_static.SetFont(&myFont);

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neha agarwal27

I am unable to get which type of variable is myFont

CPallini

it's a CFont, I suppose. :)

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Rajesh R Subramanian

I said it in my previous reply[^] to you:

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

and add a CFont member to your class (myFont here).

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Rajesh R Subramanian

I suppose she's going to declare the font object to be function local. :)

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CPallini

From my (Italian) point of view your most challenging supposition is about OP gender. :-D

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Neha = Indian lady name. :)

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CPallini

I supposed! :laugh:

If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke

Rajesh R Subramanian

Also, please make sure that you do NOT have that CFont object (myFont) declared in a local function, but instead as a member of your class. This is to prevent the font object from going out of scope prematurely. :)

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David Crow

There's an example in the Extras section of this article.

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