Re: Get Bitmap From a Font

From:
"Ian Semmel" <anyone@rocketcomp.com.au>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:44:55 +0000
Message-ID:
<OGXvFK8fIHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
Thanks for that.

"David Webber" <dave@musical-dot-demon-dot-co.uk> wrote in message
news:eQ$XemrfIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

"Ian Semmel" <anyone@rocketcomp.com.au> wrote in message
news:ujCBvxnfIHA.5260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

What are the values returned By Mat2NoRotation () ?


Sorry - overlooked that. It's decades since I wrote this stuff!

//*****************************************
// Mat2NoRotation
// Returns the 2x2 matrix for getting
// characters the right way up.
//*****************************************

MAT2 Mat2NoRotation()
{
    // Define a unit rotation matrix:

    MAT2 Mt2;
    FIXED a,b,c;

    a.value = 1;
    a.fract = 0;
    b.value = 0;
    b.fract = 0;
    c.value = -1;
    c.fract = 0;

    Mt2.eM11 = a;
    Mt2.eM12 = b;
    Mt2.eM21 = b;
    Mt2.eM22 = c;

    return Mt2;
}

===============

This statement

DWORD dwBufferSize = ::GetGlyphOutlineA( pDC->m_hAttribDC,(UINT)nChar,
GGO_BITMAP,
&GlyphMetrics, 0, NULL, &Mt2 );

Always returns -1


It doesn't for me - maybe the above matrix will fix it. Have you
selected
the font into pDC and are you using a valid value of nChar (ie one where
there is a character)?

Dave
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