writing text with directx

[spandex44]

I am trying to draw text to a secondary surface used for blitting, using the surface.DrawText function. I have set up my font properly, that all works... However, regardless of what I set my x and y values to, the text gets drawn at 0,0.

Anyone know what's wrong?

Dim FontInfo As New StdFont

backbuffer.SetFontTransparency True
backbuffer.SetForeColor vbBlue
FontInfo.Bold = True
FontInfo.size = 12
FontInfo.name = "Verdana"
backbuffer.SetFont FontInfo

backbuffer.DrawText X, Y, "Test", True

[KingDavid]

Try This....

backbuffer.DrawText X, Y, "Test", False

[spandex44]

Oh yea, that works! What exactly is that parameter? It is called "b", so I just assumed it means bold or something like that...

[KingDavid]

I don't know exactly what it is used for. It's rather anoying

[MoMad]

Its actually a place holder for future implemenations (i think), so if you put anything other than 0 (or false) in there, you will only get the error E_NOTIMPL (Not Implemented) or something like that.. dont kno why, but since directx is something thats ever changing and ever evolving, i dont kno why they keep making such crazy changes every time they come out with a new one either!