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LAnnText::GetFontName

✎ NOTE

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

Summary

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

Syntax

#include "ltwrappr.h"

virtual L_INT LAnnText::GetFontName(pFontName, puLen)

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

L_INT LAnnText_GetFontNameExample(LAnnText  * 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; 
}