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4/8/2010

This message is sent by an application to all top–level windows in the system after changing the pool of font resources.

Syntax 

WM_FONTCHANGE 
wParam = 0;

lParam = 0;

Parameters

wParam

Not used.

lParam

Not used.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

An application that adds or removes fonts from the system (for example, by using the AddFontResourceor RemoveFontResourcefunction) 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 SendMessagefunction with the hwndparameter set to HWND_BROADCAST.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Pocket PC for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later, Smartphone for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also