PathCompactPath/PathSetDlgItemPath with owner-drawn static control?

[sashoalm]

Hi, I have an owner-drawn static control that I use to display a file path. The file path often exceeds the width of the static control and the last directories and files are truncated. I know about PathSetDlgItemPath and PathCompactPath, but they don't work with this control because it is owner-drawn (the app is skinned). I've looked at PathCompactPath, but it requires a HDC parameter for reference, and the drawing is done with Gdiplus. The control draws itself in the OnPaint routine with this code:

void CNiceLabel::OnPaint()
{
CPaintDC dc(this);

CRect r;
GetClientRect(&r);

auto\_ptr<Graphics> g(Graphics::FromHDC(dc.m\_hDC));

CStringW txt;
GetWindowText(txt);
Gdiplus::Font myFont(m\_FontName, (REAL) m\_FontSize, m\_FontStyle);
StringFormat format;

RectF rf;
g->MeasureString(txt, txt.GetLength(), &myFont, PointF((REAL) r.left, (REAL) r.top), &rf);
if (m\_bWordWrap)
{
	rf.Width = (REAL) r.Width();
	rf.Height = (REAL) r.Height();
}

Color color;
color.SetFromCOLORREF(m\_Color);
SolidBrush whiteBrush(color);
g->DrawString(txt, txt.GetLength(), &myFont, 
	rf,	&format, &whiteBrush);

g->Flush();

}

I thought about using g->GetHDC() to obtain a HDC for PathCompactPath to work with, but I probably need to select the font in it, and the font I use for drawing is a Gdiplus::Font, not CFont. And it can't be selected - it is passed to DrawString directly as a parameter. So I'm looking for a way to make PathCompactPath work with my control, or if someone can point me a function that does a similar job but has its source code published, that would be great.

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