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TWidgetSet.GetTextExtentPoint function

Member of TWidgetSetpublicIn unit InterfaceBase

Computes the display width and height of a string.

Declaration

pascal
function GetTextExtentPoint(DC: HDC; Str: PChar; Count: Integer; 
 var Size: TSize): Boolean; virtual

Arguments

DC

The display DC.

Str

The text.

Count

The number of bytes in Str, -1 for automatic detection.

Size

Receives the total width and height of the required display area.

Function result

False on failure.

Description

Nothing more than the line above yet.

Errors

May not work properly without Unicode support.

See also

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