NAME¶

GetCharacterPlacementW (GDI32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

DWORD GetCharacterPlacementW
(
HDC hdc,
LPCWSTR lpString,
INT uCount,
INT nMaxExtent,
GCP_RESULTSW* lpResults,
DWORD dwFlags
)

PARAMS¶

hdc [In] Device context for which the rendering is to be done. lpString [In] The string for which information is to be returned. uCount [In] Number of WORDS in string. nMaxExtent [In] Maximum extent the string is to take (in HDC logical units). lpResults [In/Out] A pointer to a GCP_RESULTSW struct. [In] Flags specifying how to process the string.

DESCRIPTION¶

Retrieve information about a string. This includes the width, reordering, Glyphing and so on.

RETURNS¶

The width and height of the string if successful, 0 if failed.

BUGS¶

All flags except GCP_REORDER are not yet implemented. Reordering is not 100% compliant to the Windows(tm) BiDi method. Caret positioning is not yet implemented for BiDi. Classes are not yet implemented.

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "wingdi.h". Implemented in "dlls/gdi32/font.c". Debug channel "font".