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I want to paint the background of a window black, but i cant seem to find a function that will do this in the documentation. SetBkColor only paints certain things like the background of text drawn with TextOut (). Can anyone point me in the right direction for doing this?
nevermind, guys. once again, a little intuitive thinking and poking found me the solution fairly quickly. i found out that u can set the hbrBackground parameter of the WNDCLASSEX struct to CreateSolidBrush (RGB (0,0,0)) and u get a black background!!! Thanks 4 checkin on me anyhow!
Ok, now the question is how do i change the font? i want to change the font for TextOut () to be Courier new, but there doesnt seem to be a SetFont or ChangeFont function listed anywhere.
To create a font object, use CreateFont(), then:
Code:hOldFont=SelectObject(hYourDC,hYourFont);
//your code
SelectObject(hYourDC,hOldFont);
So, how can i specify courier new? does the system load these fonts automatically, or do i have to do it myself? and if i do, how do i do it? And one other thing... what type of font is used in the MS-DOS prompt? if anyone knows that, i cant seem to figure it out. in the font selector, the default font just says raster fonts. how do i simulate that font?
So you would use CreateFont as mentioned above had you read the post.
A comment to the first part: maybe you will be interested on get some of the default colors instead of generating a brush (you won't have to delete the object):
wc.hbrBackground =(HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
I think the de prompt font is System; take a look at the link pointed by tabstop and then apply it as says maxorator.
Hope that helps
Niara
I've been reading that link on the CreateFont () function now for more than an hour, but i cant seem to figure out how to get the font to look exactly as i want it. What specifies the size of the font? and is that size in pixels? I'm really bad with fonts. If the size is in logical units, how do i convert that to pixel units? say i want to make a font that was 8 pixels by 12 pixels. how could i do that conversion between logical units and pixels?
So you've been reading for an hour and you haven't got to the fourth line of the page yet? The one that says "int nHeight"? The documentation suggests the unit is pixels. (It says you want to take points * (pixels/in) / 72, and there are 72 points to the inch.....)Quote:
Originally Posted by xixpsychoxix
thats funny, i dont recall it taking that long to get to the fourth line.. and, oh yeah, i must have just missed the part where it said about pixel height conversion, cuz i didnt try to use that with poor results... i dont know why ur suggesting that i dont read, but i tried all the examples on that particular page and they didnt yield the results i was looking for, otherwise i would not have asked. i suppose i could try again, and perhaps adjust my other code...
In case this helps anyone, what i am trying to do is simulate a DOS box using a window. I want to be able to put a string on the window and make it look as though you are using the DOS prompt in 80x25 mode with 8x12 raster characters, and when you maximize the window, the font will adjust it's scale accordingly. I just have no idea how to work with font or do this. If anyone can tell me how this might work, i would be very appreciative.
Use a ratio to screen size based on experimentation, using your screen at differing resolutions.Quote:
Originally Posted by xixpsychoxix
Then your app can;
At start up
find the screen size [GetDeviceCaps() with HORZRES|VERTRES]
Create your window and fonts relative to the screen size
handle WM_SIZE msgs
recreate your GDI objects relative to the new size
redraw the entire window.
[Be VERY careful not to create any GDI leaks!]
StrechBlt() is an alternative (from a mem DC, as in double buffering), but results with text are not good.