BUG: GetGlyphOutline() Returns Blank Bitmap

ID: Q85598

3.10 WINDOWS kbprg kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

SYMPTOMS

In the Microsoft Windows graphical environment, when an application calls the GetGlyphOutline() function to retrieve the bitmap for a glyph and the lpmat2 parameter points to a matrix that magnifies the glyph, a blank bitmap is returned.

RESOLUTION

Specify the desired glyph size in the lfHeight member of the LOGFONT data structure used to create the font. Do not magnify the glyph with the matrix specified in the lpmat2 parameter.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Windows version 3.1.

Additional query words: buglist3.10 3.10

Keywords : kbSDKWin16
Version : WINDOWS:3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug