Get the "real" string width?

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Get the "real" string width? #395779 02/27/12 15:51 02/27/12 15:51
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,207 Germany, Magdeburg Rei_Ayanami OP Expert
Rei_Ayanami OP Expert Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,207 Germany, Magdeburg	Hello, I am not sure if it is a bug, or expected behavior, but the str_width variable does not indicate the real width of the string. Using GetTextExtentPoint with the same font/size, the result does not match (and the width/height is again different). Am I missing something obvious? Thanks in advance, Rei MarianFrische.com

Re: Get the "real" string width? [Re: Rei_Ayanami] #395783 02/27/12 16:15 02/27/12 16:15
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 28,028 Frankfurt jcl Chief Engineer
jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 28,028 Frankfurt	For getting the size of a D3D text, you use DT_CALCRECT, not GetTextExtentPoint.

Re: Get the "real" string width? [Re: jcl] #395928 02/29/12 13:13 02/29/12 13:13
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,207 Germany, Magdeburg Rei_Ayanami OP Expert
Rei_Ayanami OP Expert Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,207 Germany, Magdeburg	Thanks MarianFrische.com

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