Thread: C++ Formating Tab Control

Directly from how I set up my tabs with a default font type.

Code:

        case WM_INITDIALOG:
        {
            //LOAD TABS

            RECT rect;
            OptionsHwnd = hwnd;

            //Get the size of the initial window space to work with
            GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect);
            InitCommonControls();

            //Create tabbed window
            hwndTab = CreateWindow(WC_TABCONTROL,"",WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE,
                0,0,rect.right,rect.bottom,hwnd,NULL,
                (HINSTANCE)GetWindowLong(hwnd,GWL_HINSTANCE),NULL);

            //Set up tabs
            tcitem.mask = TCIF_TEXT;
            tcitem.iImage = -1;

            //Create tabs
            tcitem.pszText = "Startup"; tabctrl[0] = TabCtrl_InsertItem(hwndTab, 0, &tcitem);
            tcitem.pszText = "Run Time"; tabctrl[1]= TabCtrl_InsertItem(hwndTab, 1, &tcitem);

            //Change tab font
            SendMessage (hwndTab,WM_SETFONT,(WPARAM) GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT), 0);

You can use this snippet to change the font how you see fit.

Code:

// create the font
                    LOGFONT lf;
                    lf.lfItalic = 0;
                    lf.lfStrikeOut = 0;
                    lf.lfUnderline = 0;
                    lf.lfQuality = 255;
                    int ptSize = 11; // point size
                    HDC hDC = GetDC (NULL);

                    HFONT st_hEditFont;
                    lf.lfHeight = -MulDiv(ptSize, GetDeviceCaps (hDC, LOGPIXELSY), 72);
                    ReleaseDC (NULL, hDC);
                    lstrcpy (lf.lfFaceName, "Courier New"); // font name
                    st_hEditFont = CreateFontIndirect (&lf);
                    SendDlgItemMessage (hwnd, ID_EDIT_BOX, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM) st_hEditFont, 0);