SetCurrentConsoleFontEx

[jj2007]

Has anybody managed to get SetCurrentConsoleFontEx work properly? SOF SetCurrentConsoleFontEx doesn't set the font from GetCurrentConsoleFontEx says its behaviour is weird, and I can confirm that. If somebody has working code, I'd like to see it.

[TimoVJL]

A small test:

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#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600
#include <Windows.h>
#include <WinCon.h>
/*
typedef struct _CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX {
  ULONG cbSize;
  DWORD nFont;
  COORD dwFontSize;
  UINT  FontFamily;
  UINT  FontWeight;
  WCHAR FaceName[LF_FACESIZE];
} CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX, *PCONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX;
BOOL WINAPI GetCurrentConsoleFontEx(HANDLE hConsoleOutput, BOOL bMaximumWindow, PCONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX lpConsoleCurrentFontEx);
BOOL WINAPI SetCurrentConsoleFontEx(HANDLE hConsoleOutput, BOOL bMaximumWindow, PCONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX lpConsoleCurrentFontEx);
*/
int printf(const char *format, ...);

int main(void)
{
    HANDLE out = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX cfi1, cfi2;
    cfi1.cbSize = sizeof(cfi1);
    cfi2.cbSize = sizeof(cfi2);
    if (0 == GetCurrentConsoleFontEx(out, FALSE, &cfi1))
        return -1;
printf("%d,%d %ls\n", cfi1.dwFontSize.X, cfi1.dwFontSize.Y, cfi1.FaceName);
cfi1.nFont = 0;
cfi1.dwFontSize.Y = 18;
cfi1.FontFamily = 0;
memcpy(&cfi1.FaceName, L"Lucida Console", 30);
    if (0 == SetCurrentConsoleFontEx(out, FALSE, &cfi1))
        return -1;
    if (0 == GetCurrentConsoleFontEx(out, FALSE, &cfi2))
        return -1;
printf("%d,%d %ls\n", cfi2.dwFontSize.X, cfi2.dwFontSize.Y, cfi2.FaceName);
    return 0;
}output:

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8,8 Terminal
11,18 Lucida Console

[guga]

Didn´t tested it, but acordlying to http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/118967 and  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36590430/in-windows-does-setcurrentconsolefontex-change-consoles-font-size SetCurrentConsoleFontEx  the values of X and Y are only affected if they already exists for the font and also the api changes the whole console text and not a particular char (mixed text)

C Version

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void setFontSize(int FontSize)
{
    CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX info = {0};
    info.cbSize       = sizeof(info);
    info.dwFontSize.Y = FontSize; // leave X as zero
    info.FontWeight   = FW_NORMAL;
    wcscpy(info.FaceName, L"Lucida Console");
    SetCurrentConsoleFontEx(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), NULL, &info);
}

RosAsm version

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[CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX:
  CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.cbSize; len
  CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.nFont; D$ 0
  CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.FontSize.X: W$ 0
  CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.FontSize.Y: W$ 0
  CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.FontFamily;: D$ 0
  CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.FontWeight; D$ &FW_NORMAL
  CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.FaceName: W$ 0 #&LF_FACESIZE]

Proc SetFontSize:
      Arguments @FontSize

       C_Call 'mscvrt.wcscpy'  CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.FaceName, {U$ "Lucida Console", 0}
       mov eax D@FontSize
       mov W$CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX.FontSize.Y ax
       call 'KERNEL32.GetStdHandle' &STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE
       call 'kernel32.SetCurrentConsoleFontEx' eax,  &NULL, CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX
EndP

[jj2007]

Yes, that's true, Guga. Timo's example works better than mine, though. Will investigate...

[MSD]

I came up with a workaround ,using another function of the WinAPI,with which the background color can be set.
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/1640/

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.386
.model flat,stdcall
.stack 4096
include c:\masm32\include\masm32rt.inc

extrn system :proc
.data
    color BYTE "color 70",0
color2 BYTE "color 60",0
color3 BYTE "color 01",0
.code


main proc

    push offset color
    call system


push 1000
call Sleep

push offset color2
call system
   
push 1000
call Sleep

push offset color3
call system

push 0
call ExitProcess

main endp
end main


[hutch--]

MSD,

When you include the masm32rt.inc file you already have the processor model. The ".stack" setting is not used in win32, a 32 bit PE file sets the stack reserve and stack commit in the linker options.

CHANGE THIS

.386
.model flat,stdcall
.stack 4096
include c:\masm32\include\masm32rt.inc

TO

include c:\masm32\include\masm32rt.inc
.686p
.mmx
.xmm