PRWIN9012017: GetTextMetrics Returns Reversed Font Data

ID Number: Q67434

3.00

WINDOWS

buglist3.00 fixlist3.10

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9012017

SYMPTOMS

The values returned by the EnumFonts function in the

tmDigitizedAspectX and tmDigitizedAspectY fields of the TEXTMETRIC

structure do not match the values returned by the GetTextMetrics

function.

CAUSE

The values returned by GetTextMetrics for tmDigitizedAspectX and

tmDigitizedAspectY are reversed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version

3.0. This problem was corrected in Windows version 3.1.

Additional reference words: 3.00