GDI+ text in VC

[Guest wysspeter]

I designed a gauge using GDI+ to display text. The font size is calculated by the height of the rectangle.PELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE pelement = (PELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE)(pgauge->elements_list[0]->next_element[0]);PIXPOINT dim = pelement->image_data.final->dim;Font myFont(L"Lucida Console", 0.23*(float)dim.y);graphics.DrawString(string1,-1,&myFont,origin1,&format,&textBrush);This works fine in 2D panel, but in the VC the text seems to be stretched. The height of a character is ok, but it's too wide, so the text does not fit into the rectangle.Is there a possibility to reduce the width according to the width of the rectangle without reducing the font height?

[Guest qsysk]

you need to call ScaleTransform Method of the graphics object prior the call to the DrawString Method call..Example:PELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE pelement = (PELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE)(pgauge->elements_list<0>->next_element<0>);PIXPOINT dim = pelement->image_data.final->dim;Font myFont(L"Lucida Console", 1);graphics.ScaleTransform(dim.x*dblWidth,dim.y*dblHeight);graphics.DrawString(string1,-1,&myFont,origin1,&format,&textBrush);You can play i little bit with dblWidth and dblHeight to find the desired values needed .. or you can use the following routine to draw a text in a pelement.VOID DrawString( PELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE pelement, LPSTR szText, FLOAT x, FLOAT y, LPSTR szFont, FLOAT flScaleX, FLOAT flScaleY, Gdiplus::Color color, int FontStyle){ CA2W wszFontFamily(szFont); CA2W wszString(szText); Gdiplus::Font font(wszFontFamily,1,FontStyle); Gdiplus::PointF origin(0,0); Gdiplus::SolidBrush brush(color); Gdiplus::Graphics graphics(pelement->hdc); /*REMOVE THE NEXT LINE TO DISABLE ANTIALIAS*/ graphics.SetTextRenderingHint(Gdiplus::TextRenderingHintAntiAlias); graphics.TranslateTransform(x,y); graphics.ScaleTransform(flScaleX,flScaleY); graphics.DrawString(wszString,-1,&font,origin,&brush); graphics.ResetTransform();}How to call DrawString..VOID DrawTRInfo(PELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE pelement){ /* size is relative to the size of the pelement so if the pelement is stretched the text is stretch too */ FLOAT pos_x=pelement->image_data.final->dim.x * 0.000; FLOAT pos_y=pelement->image_data.final->dim.y * 0.800; FLOAT scale_x=pelement->image_data.final->dim.x * 0.025; FLOAT scale_y=pelement->image_data.final->dim.y * 0.025; DrawString(pelement, "TERR", pos_x, pos_y, "Arial", scale_x, scale_y, Gdiplus::Color(0x52,0xCE,0xFF), Gdiplus::FontStyleBold ); };I Hope this would help

[Guest wysspeter]

Thx :)