Re: Vertical Text with TextOut()

From:

"AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:45:29 -0500

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<TcPFj.8167$Rq1.8142@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>

You have to set the drawing mode to GM_ADVANCED for the Orientation to work.

Here is an example:
http://www.learnstar.com/alir/FontRotate.zip

Here is a thread from last week about the same question:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.mfc/browse_thread/thread/5de375afbed42526/d6e4f6c8eaf762e2?lnk=st&q=Font.CreateFont#d6e4f6c8eaf762e2

Search is your friend. ;)

AliR.

"hamishd" <Hamish.Dean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:98fbf59e-a7df-4ee1-8ee8-6855ea3add2e@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

I cannot get my text to display vertically :-(

void CTestApp::OnDrawCDC* pDC)
{
CDC dcMem;
dcMem.CreateCompatibleDC(pDC);
pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(255,255,255));
CMemDC pDC(dc);

LOGFONT lfNew;
ZeroMemory (&lfNew, sizeof(LOGFONT));
lfNew.lfHeight = 100;
lfNew.lfWeight = FW_NORMAL;
lfNew.lfOrientation = lfNew.lfEscapement = 2700;
wcscpy(lfNew.lfFaceName, _T("MS Sans Serif"));
CFont Font;
Font.CreateFontIndirect(&lfNew);
pDC->SelectObject(&Font);

pMEMDC->TextOut(200, 200, _T("Hello World"));
....
}

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