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RE: win32lib getTextExtent on XP

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Jul 05, 2003
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Derek Parnell wrote:
> 
> 
> > Derek Parnell wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Its been reported that the getTextExtent() is not working on Windows XP.
> > >
> > > Can someone confirm this for me, please.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > Derek Parnell
> > >
> >
> > Hello again Derek,
> >
> > Does the winlib function call
> >     GetTextExtentPoint32A()
> > or
> >     GetTextExtentPoint32W()
> 
> The ASCII version. If I use the Unicode version, don't I have to use 
> UTF-16
> encoding?
> 
> --
> Derek
> 
> 

Hello again,

I just thought that maybe if the library called the ansi version
then if someone tried to poke in a unicode text string with the
zero first it might cause the GetTextExtentPoint32A() function
to fail.  I would think it would handle a zero as a null character 
though, but i havent ever tried this.
Perhaps the user could tell you what the return value from the
function call was also: 'TRUE' or 'FALSE'.
GetLastError() should report a number we can track to some useful
info too probably...if you can ask them to call that function
right after the GetTextExtentPoint32A() call...

Take care for now,
Al