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steeld

If I use INFO then the proportional font used doesn't permit tabbed data to be aligned correctly. Is it possible to change the font used or should I look at some other method of displaying such data?

Thanks

Skit3000 · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject:

I believe CodeScripts' VDS GUI dll has an option to use custom fonts on messageboxes. You can give it a try by downloading it [ here ] Smile

steeld · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

Many thanks for that. That DLL does some of what I want. Unfortunately, using a fixed-width font like Courier means that my text now wraps as it is too long for the INFO box. If only I could have horizontal scroll bars...

All I want is to output tab delimited text with a fixed-width so it all lines up correctly. I don't really want to have to design something more complex to do this.

Thanks again

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

If you are using VDS 5, you can call the DrawText() API function to draw
the text on your dialogs surface yourself. I believe this function can be
found in the user32.dll. You will also need to utilize a couple GDI functions
to clear the drawn text from the dialog surface. Look into the FillRect() or
the FloodFill() API functions for clearing thedialog surface.

Hope this helps. Smile