Get system font and color info!

[CyberSlug]

The ATTACHED include file creates a bunch of constants that you can use to get font and color information for the current display settings. (I've only tested on Windows XP, so let me know if things don't work on Windows 9x/Me.)

You can now make text match the user's preferred font instead of using 8 point MS Sans Serif 8

Example usage:

#include <GuiConstants.au3>
#include "GuiFontAndColors.au3"

GuiCreate("Example", 300, 200)
GuiSetBkColor($BACKGROUNDCOLOR)
GuiSetFont($MESSAGEFONTSIZE, 400, 0, $MESSAGEFONTNAME)

GuiCtrlCreateLabel(" GUI has Desktop background color", 10, 10)
    GuiCtrlSetBkColor(-1, $INFOWINDOWCOLOR);label has tooltip color
    GuiCtrlSetColor(-1, $BUTTONTEXTCOLOR);label's text color

$button = GuiCtrlCreateButton("Click Me", 100, 100)

GuiSetState()
While 1
    $msg = GuiGetMsg()
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
    If $msg = $button Then
        MsgBox(4096, "Note...","Message boxes use the correct font automatically")
    EndIf
WEnd

GuiFontAndColors.au3

[ezzetabi]

Nice I idea. I used to toke some values by hand sometime, but making constants is surely a better idea. An other nice CyberSlug.

[SlimShady]

Very nice indeed.

[this-is-me]

Perfection. Good job Slugger.

[martin]

What is

Global const ....?

If I delete all the const's it's ok but am I missing something?

But I like the GuiFontsandColors, tx!

[this-is-me]

Global const only works with the latest beta version.