win32 - can i change the menu bar HFONT?

[Cambalinho]

it's possible change the menu bar HFONT without ownerdraw it?
i can change the popup backcolor and background image, but can i change it's HFONT?

[freddie1]

Did you try SendMessage(hMenu, WM_SETFONT,.....);

[Cambalinho]

i see 2 thigs:
1 - the 1st parameter it's a HWND and not HMENU, unless accept it?
2 - i don't know the WPARAM and LPARAM, can you advice more?

[Cambalinho]

CHOOSEFONT cf=ShowSelectFont();
//mnuSecondHello it's the menu handle:
if(SendMessage((HWND)(HMENU)mnuSecondHello, WM_SETFONT,(WPARAM) cf.lpLogFont,NULL)!=WM_SETFONT)
                MessageBox(to_string(GetLastError()),"error message");

error: 1400:
"ERROR_INVALID_WINDOW_HANDLE

1400 (0x578)

Invalid window handle."

[Cambalinho]

i found 1 nice way for it:

CHOOSEFONT cf={0};
NONCLIENTMETRICS theMetrics;

            theMetrics.cbSize = sizeof(NONCLIENTMETRICS);

            SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS,sizeof(NONCLIENTMETRICS),
                            (PVOID) &theMetrics,0);
            theMetrics.lfMenuFont=*cf.lpLogFont;
            SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETNONCLIENTMETRICS,sizeof(NONCLIENTMETRICS),
                            (PVOID) &theMetrics,0);

the font it's changed but not only on Window of application, but all windows on OS. can anyone advice me?

[freddie1]

My idea doesn't work. I tried it too. Would have been nice and easy if it did. But I guess its fairly complicated, cuz the size of the menu bar has to change too. Owner Draw might be only way to do it, like you said.