DOCERR: EnumFontFamProc Documentation Incorrect

 Last reviewed: July 23, 1997
Article ID: Q87975
3.10 WINDOWS kbtoolkbtoolg kbdocerr

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

SUMMARY

On page 266 of the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) "Programmer's Reference, Volume 2: Functions" manual, the documentation for the EnumFontFamProc callback function incorrectly defines the NEWLOGFONT data structure, which is not listed in the WINDOWS.H header file. An application should use the ENUMLOGFONT data structure, which is listed in the WINDOWS.H header file, with the EnumFontFamProc function.

MORE INFORMATION

The EnumFontFamProc function is an application-defined callback function specified when the application calls the EnumFontFamilies function. The function prototype for EnumFontFamProc is as follows: 

   int CALLBACK EnumFontFamProc(
       LOGFONT FAR* lpnlf,    // structure contains logical-font data
       TEXTMETRIC FAR* lpntm, // structure contains physical-font data
       int FontType,          // type of font
       LPARAM lParam);        // address of application-defined data
The EnumFontFamProc documentation defines a NEWLOGFONT data structure that contains information that is specific to TrueType fonts. As stated earlier, the NEWLOGFONT data structure does not appear in the WINDOWS.H header file.

Windows calls the EnumFontFamProc function with a pointer to the ENUMLOGFONT data structure, which is defined in the WINDOWS.H header file as follows: 

   #define LF_FULLFACESIZE (LF_FACESIZE * 2)

   typedef struct tagENUMLOGFONT
   {
      LOGFONT elfLogFont;
      char    elfFullName[LF_FULLFACESIZE];
      char    elfStyle[LF_FACESIZE];
   } ENUMLOGFONT, FAR* LPENUMLOGFONT;
An application can ease its access to the elfFullName and elfStyle members in an EnumFontFamily enumeration by defining its EnumFontFamProc callback function as follows: 

   int CALLBACK EnumFontFamProc(
       LPENUMLOGFONT lpelf,   // structure contains logical-font data
       TEXTMETRIC FAR* lpntm, // structure contains physical-font data
       int FontType,          // type of font
       LPARAM lParam);        // address of application-defined data
In the EnumFontFamProc function, if the TRUETYPE_FONTTYPE bit in the FontType parameter is true, the function can access these members using lpelf->elfFullName and lpelf->elfStyle.

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Last reviewed: July 23, 1997
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