TWidgetSet.DrawText function

Member of TWidgetSetpublicIn unit InterfaceBase

Draws formatted text within a rectangle.

Declaration

pascal

function DrawText(DC: HDC; Str: PChar; Count: Integer; var Rect: TRect; 
 Flags: Cardinal): Integer; virtual

Arguments

`DC`	Device context for the text rendering operation.
`Str`	The text (should be zero terminated).
`Count`	The number of (Wide)Chars in the text.
`Rect`	The bounding (clipping) rectangle.
`Flags`	Formatting flags applied in the method.

Function result

The height for the rendered text, calculated from values in Rect. Zero on failure.

Description

Several formatting options are available for use in the Flags argument. The value correspond to the DrawText constants defined in the lcltype.pp unit.

DT_CALCRECT suppresses all painting, and calculates the extent for the formatted text returned in the Rect parameter.

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.