ID3DXFont (DX 9.0c) square problems
ok, this is a really annoying problem
whenever i try to print text to the screen using the ID3DXFont::DrawText function, only squares appear
the thing is, i am using Arial font, so i don't think it can be that the computer doesn't know the font
sometimes however, a letter will appear somewhere in the line of text, but always in the wrong spot it is always the last letter of the line though
i really really need some help here everybody, so any input at all would be appreciated
[498 byte] By [
HarryS] at [2008-2-25]
This is the font creation code:
//Graphics->GetDeviceCOM() returns a initialized Direct3D device
LOGFONT lf;
// Clear out the font structure
ZeroMemory(&lf, sizeof(LOGFONT));
// Set the font name and height
strcpy(lf.lfFaceName, "Arial");
lf.lfHeight = -16;
lf.lfWeight = 0;
lf.lfItalic = FALSE;
lf.lfUnderline = FALSE;
lf.lfStrikeOut = FALSE;
// Create the font object
if(FAILED(D3DXCreateFontIndirect(Graphics->GetDeviceCOM(), &lf, &m_Font)))
return FALSE;
return TRUE;
and then i try to draw the string "hello" to the screen with this:
RECT rc;
int Length = strlen("hello");
SetRect(&Rect,0,0,65535,65536);
int iHeight = m_Font->DrawText(NULL, "hello", &Rect, DT_CENTER|DT_WORDBREAK, 0xFFFFFFFF);
and then all that turns up is "square square o square square"
Thank you so much for that
Is placing an L in front of the string the only way to do it? I want to put the DrawText function into another function, and I'm having trouble adding the L to the string when it is contained within a char* variable.
 Harry S wrote: |
| Is placing an L in front of the string the only way to do it? I want to put the DrawText function into another function, and I'm having trouble adding the L to the string when it is contained within a char* variable. |
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The
UNICODE macro controls whether or not Win32 and DirectX functions take Unicode strings by default. You should make sure it's undefined if the rest of your code doesn't need to use Unicode. Otherwise, you can use the
D3DXCreateFontIndirectA() and
DrawTextA() functions which explicitly use "
char *" strings.
btw. this, and other problems in your code, are things that your compiler should have been complaining to you about. For example, you shouldn't be using LOGFONT, but D3DXFONT_DESC instead. If you have disabled any compiler warnings or errors you should seriously consider re-enabling them and fixing all the problems they're informing you about.
Ross Ridge
do i need to explicitly undefine Unicode, or do i just not define it?
i think D3DXFONT_DESC may have been a previous version of directx 9, because with 9.0c, when i use it i get an error
| Harry S wrote: |
| do i need to explicitly undefine Unicode, or do i just not define it? |
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Just don't define it, but your compiler might be defining it automatically for you depending on how you've configured it.
| Harry S wrote: |
| i think D3DXFONT_DESC may have been a previous version of directx 9, because with 9.0c, when i use it i get an error |
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D3DXFONT_DESC is used by the DirectX 9 D3DX library, and
LOGFONT is used by the DirectX 8 D3DX library. Make sure you're including
<d3dx9.h>.
It's beginning to sound like your problem might be that you're compiling using headers that don't match the library you're linking with. Try adding code something the following to your project:
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if (!D3DXCheckVersion(D3D_SDK_VERSION, D3DX_SDK_VERSION)) {
MessageBox(NULL, "D3DXCheckVersion failed", NULL, MB_OK);
}
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