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Function name : GetTextMetrics

Group: Font and Text - Library: gdi32

The GetTextMetrics function fills the specified buffer with the metrics for the currently selected font.

Code examples:

Reading metrics for the currently selected font

Declaration:

BOOL GetTextMetrics(
	HDC hdc,            // handle to DC
	LPTEXTMETRIC lptm   // text metrics
);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetTextMetrics IN gdi32;
	INTEGER   hdc,;
	STRING  @ lptm

Parameters:

hdc [in] Handle to the device context.

lptm [out] Pointer to the TEXTMETRIC structure that receives the text metrics.

Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

Comments:

The TEXTMETRIC structure is filled in GetTextMetrics call:

typedef struct tagTEXTMETRIC { LONG tmHeight; LONG tmAscent; LONG tmDescent; LONG tmInternalLeading; LONG tmExternalLeading; LONG tmAveCharWidth; LONG tmMaxCharWidth; LONG tmWeight; LONG tmOverhang; LONG tmDigitizedAspectX; LONG tmDigitizedAspectY; TCHAR tmFirstChar; TCHAR tmLastChar; TCHAR tmDefaultChar; TCHAR tmBreakChar; BYTE tmItalic; BYTE tmUnderlined; BYTE tmStruckOut; BYTE tmPitchAndFamily; BYTE tmCharSet; } TEXTMETRIC, *PTEXTMETRIC;