To assign a value to the Combobox use the Class Wizard. The steps to do this are: 1. bring up the class wizard (menu VIEW--> ClassWizard). 2. Go to the Member Variables tab. 3. Select the IDC_COMBO1 control ID and them press the ADD VARIABLE button. 4. Give the variable a name, set category to VALUE and press OK.

I am having trouble getting bendy text to print. I have been using the code from the sample project TEXTFX which comes with MSVC to create text that is bent around curves and such. All goes well when I am using the screen DC, but when I use the printer DC, the bent text does not print properly. What it appears that I am getting is the text flattend to a line of my curve i.e. no height on the text. The text is in the proper place on the page. further information on this can be found in MSDN article Q128091 HOWTO: How to use paths to create text effects. any suggestions?