AddFontResourceExA function (wingdi.h)
The AddFontResourceEx function adds the font resource from the specified file to the system. Fonts added with the AddFontResourceEx function can be marked as private and not enumerable.
Syntax
int AddFontResourceExA(
[in] LPCSTR name,
[in] DWORD fl,
[in] PVOID res
);
Parameters
[in] name
A pointer to a null-terminated character string that contains a valid font file name. This parameter can specify any of the following files.
To add a font whose information comes from several resource files, point lpszFileName to a string with the file names separated by a | --for example, abcxxxxx.pfm | abcxxxxx.pfb.
[in] fl
The characteristics of the font to be added to the system. This parameter can be one of the following values.
[in] res
Reserved. Must be zero.
Return value
If the function succeeds, the return value specifies the number of fonts added.
If the function fails, the return value is zero. No extended error information is available.
Remarks
This function allows a process to use fonts without allowing other processes access to the fonts.
When an application no longer needs a font resource it loaded by calling the AddFontResourceEx function, it must remove the resource by calling the RemoveFontResourceEx function.
This function installs the font only for the current session. When the system restarts, the font will not be present. To have the font installed even after restarting the system, the font must be listed in the registry.
A font listed in the registry and installed to a location other than the %windir%\fonts\ folder cannot be modified, deleted, or replaced as long as it is loaded in any session. In order to change one of these fonts, it must first be removed by calling RemoveFontResource, removed from the font registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts), and the system restarted. After restarting the system, the font will no longer be loaded and can be changed.
Note
The wingdi.h header defines AddFontResourceEx as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
Requirements
Requirement | Value |
---|---|
Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] |
Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
Target Platform | Windows |
Header | wingdi.h (include Windows.h) |
Library | Gdi32.lib |
DLL | Gdi32.dll |