How get font information on a dialog box control?

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From: Dag Wahlberg
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:36

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 I have created a (modeless) dialog box, defined at compile-time using
"Dialog Editor", included in the MS QuickC/Win package.  The dialog box
contains a text field control (LTEXT) for displaying text.

 At run-time I need to know the width and height of the characters to
display in this text field but I can't get hold of the right
information. GetTextMetrics() returns the _same_ data regardless of the
font (specified w "Dialog Editor") I use. Why?
 GetDialogBaseUnits() does not return any useful information either, I
have received the same size (20x10) on all the fonts (System,
Courier,..)  I have tried. I calculated the different fonts to be 16x10,
20x8, etc on a certain device.

 Wrong functions? Any ideas?

 I use QC/Win 1.0, Win 3.1. 

/Dag

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From: dagwag@meryl.csd.uu.se (Dag Wahlberg)
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Subject: How get font information on a dialog box control?
Date: 19 Dec 92 19:36:57 GMT
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Keywords: QuickC, Dialog Box Control, Font