Function name: GetTextExtentPoint32

Defined in : GDI32

Requirements : Windows NT 3.5(1) or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function GetTextExtentPoint32 Lib "gdi32" Alias "GetTextExtentPoint32A" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal lpsz As String, ByVal cbString As Long, lpSize As SIZE) As Long

Parameters:

* hdc Identifies the device context. * lpString Points to the string of text. The string does not need to be zero-terminated, since cbString specifies the length of the string. * cbString Specifies the number of characters in the string. * lpSize Points to a SIZE structure in which the dimensions of the string are to be returned.

Returns:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero. If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

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Examples:

Draw text on windows