Re: Changing default of static control
You might want to take a look at a replacement class like:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/static/clabel.aspx
If nothing else it will give you some ideas on how to do this sort of thing,
but there is also other functionality you may find useful.
Tom
"JY" <sd@nospamgroup.com> wrote in message
news:1F7385C4-1922-46F8-8B69-ED53A8DB70FB@microsoft.com...
I want to change the size of the font in my static control. I get the
current
font, and reset its height as shown below, but it does not have the
desired
affect. The font size does increase but not consistently. For example, if
I
increase the font hieght by 10, it actually shows a smaller size than the
original.
CFont fontStatic;
CFont *pFont = m_StaticText.GetFont();
CFont *pFontNew = new CFont();
if (pFont)
{
LOGFONT logFont;
pFont->GetLogFont(&logFont);
logFont.lfHeight += 30;
pFontNew->CreateFontIndirectW(&logFont);
m_StaticText.SetFont(pFontNew);
}
m_StaticText.SetWindowTextW(L"Static Window Text");
What am I doing wrong?
TIA,
JY
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