TA_LEFT, TA_CENTER, and TA_RIGHTWORD GetTextAlign(hDC)
This function retrieves the status of the text-alignment flags. The text-alignment flags determine how the TextOut and ExtTextOut functions align a string of text in relation to the string's starting point.
| Parameter | Type/Description |
| hDC | HDC Identifies the device context. |
The return value specifies the status of the text-alignment flags. The return value is a combination of one or more of the following values:
| Value | Meaning |
| TA_BASELINE | Specifies alignment of the x-axis and the baseline of the chosen font within the bounding rectangle. | |
| TA_BOTTOM | Specifies alignment of the x-axis and the bottom of the bounding rectangle. | |
| TA_CENTER | Specifies alignment of the y-axis and the center of the bounding rectangle. | |
| TA_LEFT | Specifies alignment of the y-axis and the left side of the bounding rectangle. | |
| TA_NOUPDATECP | Specifies that the current position is not updated. | |
| TA_RIGHT | Specifies alignment of the y-axis and the right side of the bounding rectangle. | |
| TA_TOP | Specifies alignment of the x-axis and the top of the bounding rectangle. | |
| TA_UPDATECP | Specifies that the current position is updated. |
The text-alignment flags are not necessarily single-bit flags and may be equal to zero. To verify that a particular flag is set in the return value of this function, build an application that will perform the following steps:
1.Apply the bitwise OR operator to the flag and its related flags.
The following list shows the groups of related flags:
TA_LEFT, TA_CENTER, and TA_RIGHT
TA_BASELINE, TA_BOTTOM, and TA_TOP
TA_NOUPDATECP and TA_UPDATECP
2.Apply the bitwise AND operator to the result and the return value.
3.Test for the equality of this result and the flag.
The following example shows a method for determining which horizontal-alignment flag is set:
switch ((TA_LEFT | TA_RIGHT | TA_CENTER) & GetTextAlign(hDC)) {
case TA_LEFT
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case TA_RIGHT
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case TA_CENTER
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}