Thread: Idc_static font change

Ok, I defined IDC_STATIC in my resource.h file like this:

Code:

#define IDC_STATIC   -1

Then I created a dialog box, and at runtime, I have created bunch of controls. Here's a sample code:

Code:

case WM_INITDIALOG:
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.
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CreateWindow("STATIC", "Sentence1", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 10, 40, 50, 15, hwnd,
	(HMENU)IDC_STATIC, NULL, NULL);

SendDlgItemMessage(hwnd, IDC_STATIC, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM)textFont, 0);

CreateWindow("STATIC", "Sentence2", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 10, 40, 50, 15, hwnd,
	(HMENU)IDC_STATIC, NULL, NULL);

SendDlgItemMessage(hwnd, IDC_STATIC, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM)textFont, 0);
break;

Now the problem is, the font of first STATIC control is sucessfully changed while the second control's remains the same. Is it because I used IDC_STATIC twice? What is the the right way of doing this? by defining another control?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Prads

Now the problem is, the font of first STATIC control is sucessfully changed while the second control's remains the same. Is it because I used IDC_STATIC twice?

No, IDC_STATIC is replaced by the preprocessor with "-1" everywhere it occurs in your code.

Looks like this is a winapi function question/problem, which I know nothing about.

so you created the 2 controls using same ID
SendDlgItemMessage cannot distinguish them

or use different ID or use the hwnd of each control and SendDlgMessage

yep, this topic should have been in the Windows Programming board.

Right, and so this thread has been moved.