Thread: Changing Font color

I've been trying to figure out how to change the font color when using a common dialog box. I've tried a bunch of stuff but nothing seems to have worked. Unfortunately, I don't know much about programming in C (or any other language for that matter), so that hasn't help much either. Anyhow, here's the code I have so far.

Code:

#define INCLUDE_COMMDLG_H       1
#include <windows.h>

static LOGFONT lf;       /* logical font structure */
static HFONT hFont;      /* Handle */
HDC hdc;                 /* display device context of owner window */

/* DWORD rgbCurrent = RGB(255, 0, 0); */    /* current text color set to red */
COLORREF rgbCurrent;     /* current text color */


/****************************************************************************
 *                                                                          *
 *  FUNCTION   : FontChooseFont()                                           *
 *                                                                          *
 *  PURPOSE    : Invokes the Font dialog box.	                            *
 *									                      *
 ****************************************************************************/

BOOL FontChooseFont (HWND hwnd)
{
   CHOOSEFONT cf;    /* common dialog box structure */

   /* Set all structure fields to zero */
   memset(&cf, 0, sizeof(CHOOSEFONT));

   cf.lStructSize = sizeof (CHOOSEFONT);
   cf.hwndOwner   = hwnd;
   cf.lpLogFont   = &lf;
   cf.Flags       = CF_INITTOLOGFONTSTRUCT | CF_SCREENFONTS | CF_EFFECTS;
   cf.rgbColors   = rgbCurrent;   /* was 0L ; */
   cf.nFontType   = 0;        /* Returned from ChooseFont */

   rgbCurrent = cf.rgbColors;
   return ChooseFont (&cf);
}

/****************************************************************************
 *                                                                          *
 *  FUNCTION   : FontInitialize ()                                          *
 *                                                                          *
 *  PURPOSE    : Gets the current active font.                              *
 *									                      *
 ****************************************************************************/

void PASCAL FontInitialize (HWND hwndEdit)
{
   GetObject (GetStockObject (SYSTEM_FONT), sizeof (LOGFONT),
                                            (PSTR) &lf);
   hFont = CreateFontIndirect (&lf);
   SendMessage (hwndEdit, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM) hFont, 0);
}

/****************************************************************************
 *                                                                          *
 *  FUNCTION   : FontSetFont ()                                             *
 *                                                                          *
 *  PURPOSE    : Sets the new user defined font in the active window.       *
 *									                      *
 ****************************************************************************/

void PASCAL FontSetFont (HWND hwndEdit)
{
   HFONT hFontNew;
   RECT  rect;
   DWORD dwColor;

  /* dwColor = GetTextColor(hdc);
   if (dwColor == RGB(0, 0, 0)) */    /* if current color is black */
   /* SetTextColor(hdc, RGB(255, 0, 0)); */ /* sets color to red  */
   /* SetTextColor(hdc, rgbCurrent); */

   hFontNew = CreateFontIndirect (&lf);
   SendMessage (hwndActiveEdit, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM) hFontNew, 0);
   DeleteObject (hFont);
   hFont = hFontNew;
   GetClientRect (hwndEdit, &rect);
   InvalidateRect (hwndEdit, &rect, TRUE);
}

/****************************************************************************
 *                                                                          *
 *  FUNCTION   : FontDeinitialize ()                                        *
 *                                                                          *
 *  PURPOSE    : Deinitializes font attributes upon close.                  *
 *									                      *
 ****************************************************************************/

void PASCAL FontDeinitialize (void)
{
   DeleteObject (hFont);
}