Re: Default Font Bolded

Take a look at these:

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/07/07/436435.aspx

and 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144925(VS.85).aspx

The documentation of GetStockObject function on MSDN (the second link) says:

It is not recommended that you employ this method to obtain the current font used by dialogs and windows. Instead, use the SystemParametersInfo function with the SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS parameter to retrieve the current font. SystemParametersInfo will take into account the current theme and provides font information for captions, menus, and message dialogs.






--- In [email protected], "yarp" <lac@...> wrote:
>
> Really ? So, I will probably end up creating a Font, but this returns back to my initial question:
> 
> Why is the font bold on first call and then normal ?
> 
> Does it mean that something in the OnPaint procedure has altered the Font and that -as you pointed out- a new font has been created which is now in use ?
> 
> I just would like to understand what happened.
> 
> Yarp
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], "Johann Gerell" <johann@> wrote:
> >
> > > thanks, this is very interesting. But I wanted to avoid
> > > to create a new font and reuse a default DC font instead.
> > >
> > > My question was rather: how do I force a given DC font
> > > boldness to normal ?
> > 
> > 
> > If you do that, then you *are* creating a new font.
> > 
> > 
> > /Johann
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of yarp
> > Sent: den 9 mars 2010 08:19
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [wtl] Re: Default Font Bolded
> > 
> > Hi,
> > thanks, this is very interesting. But I wanted to avoid to create a new font
> > and reuse a default DC font instead.
> > 
> > My question was rather: how do I force a given DC font boldness to normal ?
> > 
> > Yarp
> > 
> > --- In [email protected], "Political" <politicalconfusion@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've used SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS with SystemParametersInfo() to get a
> > default GUI font in the past.  Something like this:
> > > 
> > > NONCLIENTMETRICS ncm;
> > > ncm.cbSize = sizeof( ncm );
> > > SystemParametersInfo( SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, ncm.cbSize, &ncm, 0 );
> > > ncm.lfCaptionFont.lfWeight = FW_NORMAL;
> > > HFONT hFont = CreateFontIndirect( &(ncm.lfCaptionFont) );
> > > 
> > > 
> > > This creates non-bold Tahoma in WinXP and Segoe UI in Win7.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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> >
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