Re: Possible Bug with Windows XP

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
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microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:28:33 GMT
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Did you try it?

AliR.

"Peter Olcott" <NoSpam@SeeScreen.com> wrote in message
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"AliR (VC++ MVP)" <AliR@online.nospam> wrote in message
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Does this work?

SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE,
           0,
           (void *)FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE,
           SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);

AliR.


I don't think that that would work because FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE is
set to the fixed contstant of 2.

"Peter Olcott" <NoSpam@SeeScreen.com> wrote in message
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"AliR (VC++ MVP)" <AliR@online.nospam> wrote in message
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Looks like an error in the example

According to the docs
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724947.aspx)

it should be like this

SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHING,
                    TRUE,
                    0,
                    SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);

SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE,
                    0,
                    FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE,
                    SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);


AliR.


That does not compile, I cut-and-pasted it verbatim.
--------------------Configuration: DFA - Win32
Release--------------------
Compiling...
dfa.cpp
O:\cpp\DFA\dfa.cpp(329) : error C2664: 'SystemParametersInfoA' : cannot
convert parameter 3 from 'const int' to 'void *'
       Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires
reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
Error executing cl.exe.

DFA.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

"Peter Olcott" <NoSpam@SeeScreen.com> wrote in message
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Executing the following code changes font smoothing to Standard rather
than
ClearType. This is running on Windows XP Pro and compiled with MSVC++
6.0. I tried it again with MSVC++ 2005, same result.

SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHING,
                    TRUE,
                    0,
                    SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);

SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE,
                    FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE,
                    0,
                    SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE | SPIF_SENDCHANGE);

Here is the source of the documentation:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ms533912.aspx

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