BUG: ETO_CLIPPED Does Not Clip Rotated Text

Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
Article ID: Q99110

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Windows version 3.1, text output with a rotated TrueType font is not clipped when the ETO_CLIPPED flag and a clipping rectangle are specified in ExtTextOut().

CAUSE

This problem is due to a bug in Windows.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, create a rectangular clipping region, select it into the device context, and do not specify the ETO_CLIPPED flag or pass in a clipping rectangle to ExtTextOut(). For example:

   hRegion = CreateRectRgn(rc.left, rc.top, rc.right, rc.bottom);
   SelectClipRgn(hDC, hRegion);
   ExtTextOut(hDC, x, y, 0, NULL, szText, lstrlen(szText), NULL);
   DeleteObject(hRegion);

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Windows version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: buglist3.10 3.10 ExtTextOut clipping region
TrueType
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: UsrPnt

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Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
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