Option Explicit
Private Sub Form_Load()
Module1.FillComboWithFonts Combo1
End Sub
Add a module, Module1, to the project and add the following code to the module.
Option Explicit
'Font enumeration types
Public Const LF_FACESIZE = 32
Public Const LF_FULLFACESIZE = 64
Type LOGFONT
lfHeight As Long
lfWidth As Long
lfEscapement As Long
lfOrientation As Long
lfWeight As Long
lfItalic As Byte
lfUnderline As Byte
lfStrikeOut As Byte
lfCharSet As Byte
lfOutPrecision As Byte
lfClipPrecision As Byte
lfQuality As Byte
lfPitchAndFamily As Byte
lfFaceName(LF_FACESIZE) As Byte
End Type
Type NEWTEXTMETRIC
tmHeight As Long
tmAscent As Long
tmDescent As Long
tmInternalLeading As Long
tmExternalLeading As Long
tmAveCharWidth As Long
tmMaxCharWidth As Long
tmWeight As Long
tmOverhang As Long
tmDigitizedAspectX As Long
tmDigitizedAspectY As Long
tmFirstChar As Byte
tmLastChar As Byte
tmDefaultChar As Byte
tmBreakChar As Byte
tmItalic As Byte
tmUnderlined As Byte
tmStruckOut As Byte
tmPitchAndFamily As Byte
tmCharSet As Byte
ntmFlags As Long
ntmSizeEM As Long
ntmCellHeight As Long
ntmAveWidth As Long
End Type
' ntmFlags field flags
Public Const NTM_REGULAR = &H40&
Public Const NTM_BOLD = &H20&
Public Const NTM_ITALIC = &H1&
' tmPitchAndFamily flags
Public Const TMPF_FIXED_PITCH = &H1
Public Const TMPF_VECTOR = &H2
Public Const TMPF_DEVICE = &H8
Public Const TMPF_TRUETYPE = &H4
Public Const ELF_VERSION = 0
Public Const ELF_CULTURE_LATIN = 0
' EnumFonts Masks
Public Const RASTER_FONTTYPE = &H1
Public Const DEVICE_FONTTYPE = &H2
Public Const TRUETYPE_FONTTYPE = &H4
Declare Function EnumFontFamilies Lib "gdi32" Alias _
"EnumFontFamiliesA" _
(ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal lpszFamily As String, _
ByVal lpEnumFontFamProc As Long, LParam As Any) As Long Declare
Function GetDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long Declare Function
ReleaseDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal hDC As Long) As Long
Function EnumFontFamProc(lpNLF As LOGFONT, lpNTM As NEWTEXTMETRIC, _
ByVal FontType As Long, LParam As ListBox) As Long
Dim FaceName As String
Dim FullName As String
FaceName = StrConv(lpNLF.lfFaceName, vbUnicode)
LParam.AddItem Left$(FaceName, InStr(FaceName, vbNullChar) - 1)
EnumFontFamProc = 1
End Function
Sub FillComboWithFonts(CB As ComboBox)
Dim hDC As Long
CB.Clear
hDC = GetDC(CB.hWnd)
EnumFontFamilies hDC, vbNullString, AddressOf EnumFontFamProc, CB
ReleaseDC CB.hWnd, hDC
End Sub
You can change the combo box's Sorted property to True if you want the font list to be sorted. The code will work also with listboxes if you make the appropriate changes from ComboBox to ListBox.
There you have it, a faster and better way to add fonts to a combo box.
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