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From: dave@wucs1.wustl.edu (David T Mitchell III)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: fonts on buttons
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.204133.11633@cec1.wustl.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 91 20:41:33 GMT
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In article <1991Mar12.230333.10131@isc.rit.edu> cms2839@isc.rit.edu (a.stranger) writes:
>In article <1991Mar11.184336.5874@cec1.wustl.edu> dave@wucs1.wustl.edu (David T Mitchell III) writes:
>>How do I set the font for a child window (non-dialog box)?
>>
>>For instance, I have a window that's got Helv 8pt type in
>>it, and I'd like to make the pushbuttons 8pt as well.
>>
>				i don't think that you can do this
>directly , but you could make a bitmap of the word that you need on the
>button in the correct typeface , and then use a button of class owner
>draw to display it .
>
>       @       a.stranger  -  CMS2839@ritvax.isc.rit.edu        @

I figured it out.  You just need to send the child window a WM_SETFONT message.
The thing that messed me up was that the hFont handle you pass in

	SendMessage(hwndChild, WM_SETFONT, hFont, TRUE/FALSE)

needs to be a handle to a logical font (as in hFont= CreateFont(....)), not
a handle to one selected (as in hFont= SelectObject(hdc, CreateFont(...)) ).

Works fine, now.  Don't forget to DestroyObject your hFont when your all done.

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