C / C++ / MFC

LOGFONT lf ;
CFont *pFont = GetDlgItem(IDC_LISTCONTROL)->GetFont() ;
if (pFont != NULL)
	{
	// use a variant of the existing font
	pFont->GetLogFont(&lf) ;
	lf.lfHeight += 2 ; // make the font bigger
	}
else
	{
	// need to fill the LOGFONT structure manually here
	}
m_Font.CreateFontIndirect(&lf) ;
GetDlgItem(IDC_LISTCONTROL)->SetFont(&m_Font) ;
// m_Font needs to be a member var of the dialog/window that owns the listcontrol to make
// sure that the font exists the whole life time of the CLIstBox control.

struct MyData { int nVal, CString str };
for (int i = 0; i < nItems; i++) {
  MyData *pData = new MyData;
  pData->nVal = nIntVal;
  pData->str = "Hello";
  int nRow = list.InsertItem(i, pData->str);
  list.SetItemData((DWORD) pData); // will be used in sorting function
}

#define SORT_INT_ASC 1
int CALLBACK CompareFunc(LPARAM lParam1, LPARAM lParam2, LPARAM lParamSort)
{
  MyData *pData1 = (MyData*) lParam1;
  MyData *pData2 = (MyData*) lParam2;
  if (lParamSort == SORT_INT_ASC)
  {
    // Here we do sorting on the integer value
    if (pData1->nVal < pData2->nVal) return -1;
    if (pData1->nVal > pData2->nVal) return 1;
    return 0;
  }
}
// do the sorting
list.SortItems(CompareFunc, SORT_INT_ASC);