Re: Logical Units to pixel conversion?

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From: M.L.M.Veraart
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:17

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mboucher@cortex.prospect.com (Mike Boucher) writes:

>Hey there,

>Anyone know a good way to convert from Logical Units to pixels?
>I've got a list box which I want to horizontally scroll, and the LOGFONT
>structure gives me the width of a char in logical units, but the rect that 
>gives me the size of the list box is in pixels...

There are two window procedures called LPtoDP() and DPtoLP().
You must call them with right settings of the device context 
(the mapping mode). Where DP are the Device Points (pixels) and
LP are the logical points.

Mario
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Mario Veraart                  TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
email: rioj7@fel.tno.nl        The Hague       The Netherlands
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