Font/FontSize

[C NewBe]

I'm tring to set the Font and Fontsize to "MS Sans Serif" and 14, the code below does not seem to do it...what am I doing wrong? Is there an easier way to do this? Thanks CFont LargeFont; LOGFONT lf; memset(&lf, 0, sizeof(LOGFONT)); lf.lfHeight = 24; lf.lfWeight = 400; strcpy(lf.lfFaceName, "MS Sans Serif"); GetDlgItem(IDC_STATIC5)->SetFont(&LargeFont);

[Cedric Moonen]

You never initialize LargeFont. Why don't you use CFont::CreatePointFont ?

Cédric Moonen Software developer
Charting control [v1.3]

[CPallini]

As addendum to Cédric reply, please note you probably have to use

lf.lfHeight = -MulDiv(24, GetDeviceCaps(hDC, LOGPIXELSY), 72);

to obtain a 24 point sized font. See [^]. :)

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[David Crow]

C++NewBe wrote:

CFont LargeFont;

Where is this object declared?

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[C NewBe]

The original Post was missing this: VERIFY(LargeFont.CreateFontIndirect(&lf));

[David Crow]

Ok, but that did not answer my question. Is your problem solved now?

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[C NewBe]

This is my code....what am I missing? I thing it's the height and weight that is giving me problem. I am from VB world. thanks CFont LargeFont; LOGFONT lf; memset(&lf, 0, sizeof(LOGFONT)); lf.lfHeight = 24; lf.lfWeight = 400; strcpy(lf.lfFaceName, "MS Sans Serif"); VERIFY(LargeFont.CreateFontIndirect(&lf)); GetDlgItem(IDC_STATIC5)->SetFont(&LargeFont);

[David Crow]

C++NewBe wrote:

CFont LargeFont;

Where is this object declared? If it is not global, or is not a member of the dialog, it will go out of scope before SetFont() has a chance to work.

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[C NewBe]

Now I understand....it is being declared on ::Paint()

[David Crow]

C++NewBe wrote:

it is being declared on ::Paint()

Therein lies the problem.

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