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Q70818: BUG: No WM_SETFONT to Custom Controls

Article: Q70818
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 06-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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In the Dialog Editor, when the font of the dialog box is changed, the text of
custom controls that process WM_SETFONT messages does not change.

CAUSE
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The Dialog Editor does not send WM_SETFONT messages to custom controls.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Windows SDK version 3.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: buglist3.00 3.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0

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