I'm drawing text onto a DC using the DrawText API.  The text is variable in
length and may span multiple lines.  I need to be able to figure out the X,Y
coordinates of a word within the text.  For instance:

Let's assume that
this is my text.

I would need to know the X,Y coordinates of the word "my".

Anyone know how to do this?

-jef

Sounds like you want to have a play with the GetCharacterPlacement() or
GetTextExtentPoint32() API calls.
Hope this helps,

    Mike

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Mike,
It seems (as far as I can tell) that these API's work with a single line of
text.  Not multiple lines. Any other ideas?
-jef

I've never really experimented much in the area, however this section in the
MSDN may reveal some useful hints:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/fontext_8ctw.asp
I'll keep looking here too and let you know what I come up with.
Have you tried the afore mentioned calls with multi-line text?
Hope this helps,

    Mike

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writes

I'm not clear about the question.

Would not the X,Y coords would be taken from the start of "this" so the
offset coords are given by GetTextExtentPoint32 with the string
"this is ", or are you saying that you don't know where the line
break(s) are coming?

Instead of GetTextExtent32 you get the same results for width/height
from an autosized Label.

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Richard Mason