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Article #9737Re: GetTextExtentPoint32
From: JD
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 12:59
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 12:59
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"JD" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote: > >Alan Bellingham <alanb@episys.com> wrote: >> GetTextExtentPoint32() will give you the width that it would >> take up if you were to print it immediately afterwards. In >> other words, as per the font currently in effect. What I have found out is that GetDC *always* initializes the font to 'System' so to use GetTextExtentPoint32 I need to first use SelectObject to select the correct font. The problem is that I have absolutely no clue how to get the font from the control. ~ JD
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