Clipboard CRLF & Control Fonts

NullStream

I have 2 questions the first is there a simple way to change the font size of a particlar control (eg. listbox). The second is that I have a simple function (attached) which just reads a file and places it's textual contents into the clipboard. When I paste the info in notepad it is one continuous line with the crlf characters a little boxes though if i paste into other things (like in visual studio) it is fine. Is there some way I can preserve the carriage return/line feeds in the clipboard so that pasting into notepad and anything else will have the proper contents of the file?

// function is cut down to limit the spaming of useless code
EmptyClipboard();
GlobalBuff = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE,size+1);

buffer = (char*)GlobalLock(GlobalBuff);
while(!feof(file)) {
     fread(readbuffer,1,255,file);
     if(ferror(file)) {
          MessageBox(NULL,strerror(errno),"Error",MB_ICONERROR);
          exit(1);
     }
     strcat(buffer,readbuffer);
     memset(readbuffer,0,strlen(readbuffer));
}

GlobalUnlock(GlobalBuff);
if(SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT,GlobalBuff) == NULL) 
     return FALSE;
CloseClipboard();

If posting of this code is not appropriate please let me know and forgive my insolence. Any help or suggestions are greatly appricated. Thanks, Sean Cody

Joaquin M Lopez Munoz

As for the first question, use SetFont. Read Mike Dunn's C++ FAQ for common mistakes prople make when using this method. With regard to your second problem, I guess what's happening is that notepad requires lines to be separated by CR-LF pairs ("\r\n" in C++ code) and you are feeding it with LF separated text. Try opening your file in binary mode ("b" flag in fopen), that should fix the problem. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

NullStream

I should have specified I am only using C and the bare Win32 API (no MFC) so that method will not work for me. :( Though the fopen suggestion worked great. Thanks! Sean Cody

Joaquin M Lopez Munoz

I should have specified I am only using C and the bare Win32 API (no MFC) so that method will not work for me. There are direct equivalents in Win32: message WM_SETFONT, Win32 function CreateFont... so you should have no problems translating the solution to raw C/Win32. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

NullStream

I'll look into that. Thanks again. Sean Cody