TextOut of CDC

[ns]

I am trying to write on a label. In the OnEraseBackground function I have

		pDC->TextOut(50,42,"aaaa",30);

At this location I get a black rectangle. What do I need to do to see the text? thanks, sb

[James R Twine]

I do not know what foreground color, background color, drawing mode you are using, or if you are drawing at the right time because the code sample is missing detail.    But the last parameter you have specified in your example is incorrect - it is supposed to be the character count of the specified string (note that the documentation may be incorrect when it says "byte count").  As such, you should be specifying 4.    Peace! -=- James

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[Mahesh Kulkarni]

As you are working with CDC you can simply set the text color using SetTextColor() API which takes COLORREF as parameter. The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience. - Swami Vivekananda.

[Laxman Auti]

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I am trying to write on a label.

Why you are trying TextOut on label ?? Simply use SetWindowText for that label if using MFC. For win32 use SendMessage(handle,WM_SETTEXT,...); Knock out 't' from can't, You can if you think you can :cool:

[David Crow]

Any particular reason why you are writing in the OnEraseBackground() method? Why not do it in the OnPaint() method?

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[ns]

Thats what I saw in a sample program, so I used OnEraseBackground. I did get TextOut to work , thanks everybody. I'm drawing on the label because I drew a histogram on it and want to put values for the tick marks on the axes. Maybe there is a smarter control to use instead ofa label? thanks sb

[Hamid Taebi]

you can use WM_PAINT instead WM_ERASEBKGND void CAnswer::OnPaint() { CPaintDC dc(this); dc.SetBkMode(0); dc.TextOut(50,42,"aaaa",30); }_**

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