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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:00 pm    Post subject: muldiv() explanation Reply with quote

I was wondering if anyone could explain these lines of code to me.

Code:

lfHeight = -MulDiv(12, GetDeviceCaps(hdc, LOGPIXELSY), 72);


I sort of understand the MulDiv API, but not a lot. And I don't understand why he's putting the -MulDiv() instead of just MulDiv(), and what the 72 is for, and how he knew how to put it. Also...

Code:

f(hf)
    {
        DeleteObject(g_hfFont);
        g_hfFont = hf;
    }


I get the if statement itself, but not the code in it. I mean, where does g_hFont come into play, I mean is it like a default font, and a pre-defined variable in Win32 or something?

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you really should link to the whole code, you gave me nothing, but i found it and figured it out

Code:
arf = CreateFont(lfHeight,0,0,0,0,TRUE,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,"Times New Roman");

he was using lfHeight to find a percent of space on the screen, to set his font's height (which he divided to his liking)

Code:
HFONT g_hfFont;

that must of slipped your eyes, he already declared it

and also

Code:
if(hf) {

g_hfFont = hf;

}

you added the other bit, wasn't in the code

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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nah....And still, why was he doing -MulDiv() instead of just MulDiv(), and how did he know to use 72. Or does it not matter?

http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/fonts.html

Code:

    HFONT hf;
    HDC hdc;
    long lfHeight;
   
    hdc = GetDC(NULL);
    lfHeight = -MulDiv(12, GetDeviceCaps(hdc, LOGPIXELSY), 72);
    ReleaseDC(NULL, hdc);

    hf = CreateFont(lfHeight, 0, 0, 0, 0, TRUE, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, "Times New Roman");

    if(hf)
    {
        DeleteObject(g_hfFont);
        g_hfFont = hf;
    }
    else
    {
        MessageBox(hwnd, "Font creation failed!", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
    }

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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not sure why, but
Code:
-(GetDeviceCaps(hdc, LOGPIXELSY) * 12 / 72)

Is what's used.

And I tihnk not declaring g_hffont is a typo. Look under choosing fonts, he declares it there.

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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well. Well how do you know to divide by 72?
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know, but that's what you always do.
GetDeviceCaps(hdc, LOGPIXELSY) gets you pixels/inch. a font hight of that*12/72 gives you 6 lines per inch. I'm guessing that 12 and 72 mean something, but all it's really doing is setting how big you want it, so you can set it to whatever you want.

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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well still the last question, why the -MultDiv() instead of just MultDiv()?
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It has to be negative...that's just how it is. I haven't messed around with fonts too much, so I couldn't tell you why they did it like that, but that's just what they did.
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

= - means
Code:
lfHeight = (lfHeight -  MulDiv(12, GetDeviceCaps(hdc, LOGPIXELSY), 72))


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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought the - had to be in front? I saw some other code with "0-getdev...".

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534214(VS.85).aspx
Quote:
> 0 The font mapper transforms this value into device units and matches it against the cell height of the available fonts.
0 The font mapper uses a default height value when it searches for a match.
< 0 The font mapper transforms this value into device units and matches its absolute value against the character height of the available fonts.

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