Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic)

D3DX8.DrawText

Draws formatted text on a Microsoft® Direct3D® device.

object.DrawText( _ 
    D3dFont As D3DXFont, _ 
    Color As Long, _ 
    TextString As String, _ 
    RECT As RECT, _ 
    Format As Long)

object: Object expression that resolves to a D3DX8 object.
D3dFont: A D3DXFont object specifying the font to use.
Color: Long value specifying the color of the text.
TextString: The string to draw.
RECT: RECT type that contains the rectangle, in logical coordinates, in which the text is to be formatted.
Format: A combination of values from the CONST_DTFLAGS enumeration, specifying the text formatting.

If the method fails, an error is raised and Err.Number can be set to one of the following values.

For information on trapping errors, see the Microsoft Visual Basic® Error Handling topic.