Fixed-width font issues

[dlgproc]

I wanted to display text in a label on a Windows form in a fixed-width font.
In C++ Windows API programming I’ve always used:

GetStockObject( SYSTEM_FIXED_FO NT).

Using the following C# code to do the same throws an exception:
[System.Runtime. InteropServices .DllImportAttri bute("gdi32.dll ")]
private static extern IntPtr GetStockObject( int fnObject);
private static Font GetSystemFont()
{
// Get a handle for a GDI font.
IntPtr hFont = GetStockObject( 16); // #define SYSTEM_FIXED_FO NT 16
// Create a Font object from hFont.
return Font.FromHfont( hFont);
}

Unhandled Exception: System.Argument Exception: Only TrueType fonts are
supported, and this is not a TrueType font.

Is there a way I can do what I want to do?

[Doug Forster]

Re: Fixed-width font issues

Unless you really like doing it the hard way try:
FontFamily.Gene ricMonoSpace

Cheers

Doug Forster

"dlgproc" <dlgproc@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in message
news:CC425EFF-6F5A-433B-85E4-BEF8D694166F@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
>I wanted to display text in a label on a Windows form in a fixed-width
>font.
> In C++ Windows API programming I've always used:
>
> GetStockObject( SYSTEM_FIXED_FO NT).
>
> Using the following C# code to do the same throws an exception:
> [System.Runtime. InteropServices .DllImportAttri bute("gdi32.dll ")]
> private static extern IntPtr GetStockObject( int fnObject);
> private static Font GetSystemFont()
> {
> // Get a handle for a GDI font.
> IntPtr hFont = GetStockObject( 16); // #define SYSTEM_FIXED_FO NT 16
> // Create a Font object from hFont.
> return Font.FromHfont( hFont);
> }
>
> Unhandled Exception: System.Argument Exception: Only TrueType fonts are
> supported, and this is not a TrueType font.
>
> Is there a way I can do what I want to do?
>[/color]

[dlgproc]

Re: Fixed-width font issues

Thanks

"Doug Forster" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Unless you really like doing it the hard way try:
> FontFamily.Gene ricMonoSpace
>
> Cheers
>
> Doug Forster
>
> "dlgproc" <dlgproc@discus sions.microsoft .com> wrote in message
> news:CC425EFF-6F5A-433B-85E4-BEF8D694166F@mi crosoft.com...[color=green]
> >I wanted to display text in a label on a Windows form in a fixed-width
> >font.
> > In C++ Windows API programming I've always used:
> >
> > GetStockObject( SYSTEM_FIXED_FO NT).
> >
> > Using the following C# code to do the same throws an exception:
> > [System.Runtime. InteropServices .DllImportAttri bute("gdi32.dll ")]
> > private static extern IntPtr GetStockObject( int fnObject);
> > private static Font GetSystemFont()
> > {
> > // Get a handle for a GDI font.
> > IntPtr hFont = GetStockObject( 16); // #define SYSTEM_FIXED_FO NT 16
> > // Create a Font object from hFont.
> > return Font.FromHfont( hFont);
> > }
> >
> > Unhandled Exception: System.Argument Exception: Only TrueType fonts are
> > supported, and this is not a TrueType font.
> >
> > Is there a way I can do what I want to do?
> >[/color]
>
>
>[/color]