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On 10/27/06, Sergei Gorelkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Friday, October 27, 2006, 2:40:06 PM, Felipe wrote:
FMdC> On 10/27/06, Sergei Gorelkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Second, this particular API function - GetTextExtentPoint32() - can be
>> used unconditionally with 'W' suffix, even on Windows9x. So this
>> example may become even more simple :)
FMdC> Just because it exists, doesn´t mean it works correctly.
Believe me - it works quite well :) I am successfully using it in a production
project for quite a while.
FMdC> From msdn:
FMdC> Windows 95/98/Me: Although GetTextExtentPoint32W exists on Windows
FMdC> 95/98/Me, it is supported by the Microsoft Layer for Unicode to give
FMdC> more consistent behavior across all Windows operating systems. To use
FMdC> this, you must add certain files to your application, as outlined in
FMdC> Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems.
FMdC> With certain files they mean the "Microsoft Layer for Unicode on
FMdC> Windows Me/98/95 Systems"
Maybe MSLU, when used, hooks it and somehow changes its behaviour. But
even without MSLU results are satisfactory enough. Anyway Pascal code
remains the same, whether MSLU is used or not.
FMdC> from:
FMdC>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/fontext_8smq.asp
The complete list of such functions can be found here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/mslu/winprog/other_existing_unicode_support.asp
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Sergei
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