Re: GetTextExtentPoint32 problem

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I don't use the dialog DC for anything else than calling
GetTextExtentPoint32.
So I don't know which font is has selected.

Are you using the same font in the HDC as used by the dialog?
James

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"DR" <dr1234@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I use GetTextExtentPoint32 to get the width of a text on a dialog. First I
call GetDC(hDlg) and then GetTextExtentPoint32 with the dialog DC. But the
returned value is incorrect. It is larger than the actual width of the
text on the dialog.

thanks





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