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WM_FONTCHANGE message

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An application sends the WM_FONTCHANGE message to all top-level windows in the system after changing the pool of font resources.

To send this message, call the SendMessage function with the following parameters.

SendMessage( 
  (HWND)  hWnd,              
  WM_FONTCHANGE,            
  (WPARAM)  wParam,          
  (LPARAM)  lParam            
);

Parameters

wParam

This parameter is not used.

lParam

This parameter is not used.

Remarks

An application that adds or removes fonts from the system (for example, by using the AddFontResource or RemoveFontResource function) should send this message to all top-level windows.

To send the WM_FONTCHANGE message to all top-level windows, an application can call the SendMessage function with the hwnd parameter set to HWND_BROADCAST.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client
 Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
 Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header
Winuser.h (include Windows.h)

See also

Fonts and Text Overview

Font and Text Messages

AddFontResource

RemoveFontResource