ActiveX with DrawTextW + UniCode Help...

Hello,

I'm testing out to create a UniCode aware simple label.

Now Im using the DrawAPIW API.

Quote:

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Call SetRect(R, 1, 1, UserControl.ScaleWidth / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX - 1, UserControl.ScaleHeight / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY + 1)
Call DrawTextW(UserControl.hDC, StrPtr(m_Caption), Len(m_Caption), R, tempAlight)

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Ok it all works when I use the Forms .HDC to draw UniCode chars, but the problem is when i implement this in to an AcitveX and use the Usercontrol.Hdc.

Then i dont get the Unicode characters...

Any reasons for this?

1. Check your UserControl.Font. Try "Tahoma" in lieu of MS Sans Serif.
2. Make sure your Unicode string is OK. Try "CHS: " & ChrW$(&H6B22) & ChrW$(&H8FCE)
3. In DrawTextW you can set the Len to -1 and it will calculate automatically.
4. Make sure R is in Pixels.
4. Set UserControl.AutoRedraw=True unless you are using UserControl_Paint.