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LAnnAutomation::GetFontName

#include "ltwrappr.h"

virtual L_INT LAnnAutomation::GetFontName(pFontName, puLen)

NOTE: THIS FUNCTION IS NOW INHERITED DIRECTLY FROM THE PARENT LANNOTATION CLASS.

Gets the font name (character string) for text in the annotation object.

Parameters

L_TCHAR * pFontName

Character string to be updated with the name of the font used by the annotation object.

L_UINT *puLen

Pointer to a variable to be updated with the length of pFontName string.

Returns

Value	Meaning
SUCCESS	The function was successful.
< 1	An error occurred. Refer to Return Codes.

Comments

pFontName must be large enough to hold the returned string.

Required DLLs and Libraries

LTANN
For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Platforms

Win32, x64.

Example

This example gets and updates the property of the object
passed by the caller

L_INT LAnnAutomation_GetFontNameExample(LAnnAutomation  * pAnnObject) 
{ 
   L_INT nRet; 
 
   L_TCHAR  * pFontName; /* The object’s font name */ 
 
   HGLOBAL hFontname; /* Handle for memory management */ 
 
   L_UINT NameLength;/* Length of the object’s font name */ 
 
   /* Get the length of the current font name */ 
 
   NameLength = pAnnObject->GetFontNameLen(); 
 
 
 
   /* Allocate and lock a zero-filled buffer for the font name */ 
 
   hFontname = GlobalAlloc(GPTR,NameLength*sizeof(L_TCHAR)); 
 
   pFontName = (L_TCHAR  *)GlobalLock( hFontname ); 
 
   /* Get the current font name */ 
 
   nRet = pAnnObject->GetFontName(pFontName, &NameLength); 
   if(nRet != SUCCESS) 
      return nRet; 
 
   /* Set the font to Times New Roman, unless it  already is */ 
 
   if (lstrcmp(pFontName,TEXT("Times New Roman")) == 0) 
 
      MessageBox (NULL, TEXT("Already Times New Roman"),TEXT("Notice"), MB_OK); 
 
   else 
   { 
      nRet = pAnnObject->SetFontName(TEXT("Times New Roman"), 0); 
      if(nRet != SUCCESS) 
         return nRet; 
   } 
 
 
   /* Free memory that we no longer need */ 
 
   GlobalFree(hFontname);  
 
   return SUCCESS; 
}