I've just started experimenting with graphical API functions, and I'm
comparing them with VB graphical commands.

What scalemode does the API work in?  Pixels, twips, points?
How many units per inch?  For printer applications, for example, what
value would X be to draw a 1 inch square on the printer with the
function

retval=rectangle(printer.hdc,0,0,X,X)

Sorry for having to ask such a mundane question.. I've already searched
several websites for an answer without luck...

Thanks in advance,

Carl

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Before you buy.

1440 twips per inch and (on my printer) ~4.8 twips per pixel, so twips per
inch divided by twips per pixel gives pixels per inch.

 Dim tppx As Double, tppy As Double
 Dim inchx%, inchy%
 Printer.Print ""            'init printer device
 tppx = Printer.TwipsPerPixelX
 tppy = Printer.TwipsPerPixelY
 inchx = 1440 \ tppx
 inchy = 1440 \ tppy
 Rectangle Printer.hdc, 0, 0, inchx, inchy
 Printer.EndDoc

Printer.Scalemode does not seem to matter.
HTH