I'm trying to convert a 16 bit library (VC 1.5) to a 32 bit library (VC
4.0).  I ran into a problem with Huge pointers which are not in 32 bit
code.  I figure I can change them to "Far" pointers.

Am I right?  Here is the conversions I am planning to make.

Original line
   char huge *lpInBuf = (char huge *)lpBuffer;

Changed to
   char far *lpInBuf = (char far *)lpBuffer;

and original
   BYTE huge *hpBuffer = lpBuffer;   // make a huge pointer to the data

changed to
   BYTE far *hpBuffer = lpBuffer;   // make a huge pointer to the data

Thanks.

BYTE far *hpBuffer
will get translated to
BYTE *hpBuffer

Under Win32 there are no near, far, or huge pointers like in Win-16.
If you want to maintain some common source code you can use the macro
definitions FAR and HUGE, and create definitions for these in Win32
that are empty:

#ifdef WIN32
#define NEAR
#define FAR
#define HUGE
#endif

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Can anybody help me with the GetCharacterPlacement() GDI32 function.?

For me it returns zero, indicating failure, and does not fill in any
of the members of the GCP_RESULTS structure that i pass to it.  There
must be something that i'm not doing right.

Yitshak Kugler
in Jerusalem

Here is the code that i try to use:

 dwFLI = GetFontLanguageInfo(*pDC);
 gcp->lpClass[0] = (GCPCLASS_PREBOUNDRTL | GCPCLASS_HEBREW) ;
 gcp->nGlyphs = lenText;

 GCPrtv.dwRTV = GetCharacterPlacement(
  *pDC,
  aText,       //char * to the string to be displayed.
  lenText,
  textSize.cx,
  gcp,
  //(dwFLI & FLI_MASK)
  (GCP_REORDER | GCP_DIACRITIC | GCP_GLYPHSHAPE | GCP_LIGATE |
GCP_CLASSIN)
  );

//so far this function returns 0 and does not fill in any member
//of gcp.
//I've checked that all of the above options are returned by the
//preceeding GetFontLanguageInfo() function.

//gcp is a member of myClass and defined as:
   GCP_RESULTS * gcp;
//Here is how i initialize it:
 gcp = (GCP_RESULTS *)new GCP_RESULTS;
 gcp->lpOutString = (char *)new char[80];
 memset(gcp->lpOutString,0,80);
 gcp->lpOrder     = (UINT *)new UINT[80];
 memset(gcp->lpOrder,0,80*sizeof(UINT));
 gcp->lpDx        = (INT *)new INT[80];
 memset(gcp->lpDx,0,80*sizeof(INT));
 gcp->lpCaretPos  = (INT *)new INT[80];
 memset(gcp->lpCaretPos,0,80*sizeof(INT));
 gcp->lpClass     = (char *)new char[80];
 memset(gcp->lpClass,0,80);
 gcp->lpGlyphs  = (unsigned short *)new UINT[80];
 memset(gcp->lpGlyphs,0,80*sizeof(UINT));
 gcp->nGlyphs     = 0;
 gcp->nMaxFit     = 0;

//I've studied the three pages of information on
//GetCharPlacement (4 pages) and GCP_RESULTS(3pages)
//on the MSDN CD.
//Also i have Nadine Kano's book, Developing International Software.

Thanks in advance for any pointers or help.

Yitshak Kugler

About GCP_RESULTS.nGlyphs:
"On input, this member must be set to the size of the arrays pointed to by
the array pointer members."

but you have:
gcp->nGlyphs = 0;

Claire Sylvestre