TWidgetSet.GetTextExtentExPoint function

Member of TWidgetSetpublicIn unit InterfaceBase

Calculates the number of characters, that fit into some horizontal space.

Declaration

pascal

function GetTextExtentExPoint(DC: HDC; Str: PChar; Count: Integer; 
 MaxWidth: Integer; MaxCount: PInteger; 
 PartialWidths: PInteger; var Size: TSize)
: Boolean; virtual

Arguments

`DC`	The device context.
`Str`	The string containing the characters.
`Count`	The number of bytes in Str, -1 for automatic detection.
`MaxWidth`	The maximum display width, in logical units.
`MaxCount`	Receives the number of logical (UTF) characters that can be displayed. When Nil, MaxWidth is ignored.
`PartialWidths`	Receives the widths for every partial sequence of characters. Can be Nil.
`Size`	Receives the total width and height of the display area.

Function result

False on failure.

Description

Nothing more than the line above yet.

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