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Re: Win32Lib: any way to GET the font size?

• Posted by Dan Moyer <danielmoyer at prodigy.net> Mar 23, 2007
• 536 views

don cole wrote:
> 
> Dan Moyer wrote:
> > 
> > don cole wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Dan Moyer wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Is there some way to get the font SIZE?  I don't mean the height or
> > > > width
> > > > extents of CHARACTERS, I mean the value that would be used to SET the
> > > > font
> > > > to a particular size. 
> > > > 
> > > > I want to be able to center various text within columns, by changing the
> > > >
> > > > size of the font as needed, but that text could
> > > > be in different sized fonts to begin with, so my routine needs to change
> > > > the font size *from* whatever original size it was, so I need to be able
> > > > to
> > > > *find out* what size it happens to be initially.
> > > > 
> > > > Dan Moyer
> > > 
> > > Hello Dan,
> > > 
> > > Try getFontDialog()
> > > 
> > > Don Cole
> > 
> > Don,
> > 
> > I'm not looking for a *dialog*, wherein a user *selects* a font/size,
> > but rather a way for my *program* to ascertain what font size is currently
> > in force for a window.  I want my program to GET the font size first, then
> > it will decrement it as necessary, then return to original after using 
> > smaller size as needed to fit space allotted.
> > 
> > Dan
> 
> Hello Dan,
> 
>   I was just reading from index.html the desciption of 
> 
>    getFontDialog ( window )
> 
>    that says 
> 
>    Returns: { font name, points, style flags, color } or -1 if cancelled.
> 
>   I have never used this. However I have a program that I think does what you
> want. It starts out with a randon (large) font size. Then it keeps reducing
> it until all the columns fit on the paper. This print preview program is
> lengthy
> and I have never posted it in the archives. If you are interested I coulde
> e-mail
> it to you.
> 
> Don Cole

Don,

Thanks, I can do it myself once I know the font size (which I'll work around
by making sure that I keep track of it whenever it gets changed), but I'm
always interested in how others code a similar problem, so if you will,
go ahead & email it to me.

Actually I'm just concerned with fitting things onto the *screen* right now,
but as soon as I get that working I will want
to do the exact same thing for printer, also.

Dan