Simple way to set font type in MFC CListBox

Question

I have always used the default ListBox control with the property of OWNER DRAW set to NO. But now I need to set a fixed sized mono font since my formatted strings are not aligning up even though I have the default right aligned and necessary width padding set beyond the actual size of the digit string. My problem is I don't have a clue the simplest way to code for this nor have I ever coded for OWNER DRAW set to anything other than NO. Appreciate any input or examples or links. Additionally would like information on how would I check to even see what fixed mono width fonts are available on the system running my app? (C++ MFC, Visual Studio)

Answer 1

Don't know about CListBox, but in the standard Windows listbox, you can use the WM_SETFONT message to set the font of the control. CListBox probably wraps the native listbox, so if you can get the HWND of the CListBox, it should be easy to set the font of it using WM_SETFONT.

Answer 2

Declare a CFont object and init it with CFont::CreateFont.
"Courier New" is usually a good choice for fixed width fonts.

Use CListBox's SetFont() method (inherited from CWnd) to replace the default one.