Printing Text

two ways to print text:

· TextOut() – simple, no formatting or processing ability

· DrawText() – complex, justification, clipping, etc.

BOOL TextOut( HDC hdc, // device context

int nXStart, // starting x pos

int nYStart, // stating y pos

LPCSTR lpString, // str to print

int cbString); // # of chars in str

you need to use sprintf() to format your string.

len = sprintf(buff, “High Score = %d“, (int)hScore);

TextOut(hdc, 0,0, buff, len);

int DrawText( HDC hdc, // device context

LPCSTR lpString, // str to print

int nCount, // # chars

LPRECT lpRect, // clipping rect

UNIT uFormat); // fmt flags

Color

set the background mode of the text

int SetBkMode(HDC hdc, int iBkMode);

where iBkMode = TRANSPARENT/OPAQUE

set foreground & background colors

COLORREF SetTextColor(HDC hdc, COLORREF crColor);

where: crColor is the text color

COLORREF SetBkColor(HDC hdc, COLORREF crColor);

where: crColor is the background color

both return the current color before the change, use to restore after you’re done printing.

hdc = GetDC(hwnd);

SetBkMode(hdc, TRANSPARENT);

oldTxColor = SetTextColor(hdc, RGB(255,0,0));

// print your text

TextOut(hdc, 100,10, “Press <ESC> to Quit”, 19);

SetBkMode(hdc, OPAQUE);

SetTextColor(hdc, oldTextColor));

ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc);