change the font of an existing windows application

[kanegr]

Hello. I was wondering if this is possible through windows 32 api calls in perl? I know how to get a hold of a windows application handle and how to "sendmessage". The particular message I'm interested in is WM_SETFONT. I need to some how create a font in perl and use it with this message to alter the font of the windows handle that I got through the api. Help

[Anonymous Monk]

Anything is possible, but this is so pointless, and requires so much low-level win32 specific knowledge, that you'll never get a complete solution here.

[ddn123456]

Hi Kanegr,

Perl is able to receive and send win32 api calls.

The issue however is to find first the dll you want to communicate with and then to find out in which format it wants its input/output. This kind of info can be found in the win32 C-family/wmi/vbs fora.

Can you provide some specific sample code and a more detailed description of the exact needs?

With kind regards.

ddn123456

[imrags]

You can use this link Win32 Classes to find which class can be used.
These calls can be made throught WMI (winmgmts).
You can use Win32::OLE to connect to the WMI and access or change the fields in the classes
Let us know if it works.

[ddn123456]

Hi,

This will get you up to speed with perl wmi: Win32 Introduction to Perl and WMI

If you want I can also retrieve and upload some win32 dll communication samples.

Cheers

ddn123456