How to change the font style of the text of a common control like button, label, etc. in c++ using GDI+?

Question

I am trying to change the font style of a button using GDI+ but I don't know how to do it.

My button -

HWND btn = CreateWindow(L"BUTTON", L"My button", WS_TABSTOP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON, 50, 50, 100, 300, hWnd, NULL, NULL, NULL);

I have initialized GDI+ -

GdiplusStartupInput gdiplusStartupInput;
ULONG_PTR           gdiplusToken;
GdiplusStartup(&gdiplusToken, &gdiplusStartupInput, NULL);

And also Shutdown it -

GdiplusShutdown(gdiplusToken);

Any help please

Answer 1

Common controls don't use GDI+. You need use LOGFONT.

HWND TextBox;
TextBox = CreateWindowW(WC_EDIT, L"", WS_BORDER | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD, 330, 130, 300, 100, hWnd, NULL, NULL, NULL);

LOGFONT logfont; 
ZeroMemory(&logfont, sizeof(LOGFONT));

logfont.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET; //Font
logfont.lfHeight = 20; //Font Height
logfont.lfWidth = 23; //Font Width
logfont.lfWeight = 300; //Font Weight

//If want
logfont.lfItalic = true; // Italic (Boolean)
logfont.lfUnderline = true; // Underline (Boolean)


HFONT hFont = CreateFontIndirect(&logfont);   
SendMessage(TextBox, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM)hFont, TRUE);