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In article <1993Jan27.192821.13487@st-andrews.ac.uk> djm@st-andrews.ac.uk (David J McNally) writes:
>
>Hello all,
>
>I am developing an application (using Borland C++) in which I need a
>window which contains text (read only) and this text may contain
>multiple highlighted selections.  Can this be done simply
>with the Windows API or does this need complex text manipulation
>and display code to be written?
>
>More generally, how do you get a text window in which you can
>display (and/or edit) text which is not all in the same style
>(e.g. different fonts/sizes/colours etc)?  Are there third party
>libraries (preferably with source) which provide this kind
>of functionality?
	You are describing a full-fledged word processor app,
	complete with full font control.  Good luck on this one :(

	I think the way they do it is with a whole bunch of
	TextOut calls with (x,y), specifying a different HFONT
	and (x,y) for each formatted string.  You can choose
	options which will update or not the current (x,y)
	position, so that you know where you are at the end
	of each string.  The reason that TextOut has a 'length
	of string' parameter is so that you don't have to
	terminate each substring with a NUL, assuming that
	the text buffer contains several sub-strings, each
	to be displayed in a different font.

	I shudder when I think of the code required to implement
	something like Word or WordPerfect for Windows.

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John A. Grant						jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
Airborne Geophysics
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa