TextFX Sample

TextFX shows text, rendered between two arbitrary lines -- the effect is difficult to explain, yet easy to see. When started, random lines are drawn, and new random lines can be drawn using a menu option (or an accelerator). You may also click and drag the mouse to draw the lines. Once the second line is drawn, TextFX will render the text between the lines. You may change the text, change the font, and change other appearance options as well.

TextFX illustrates the following Win32 techniques:

• Changing the class style.
  
  
• Menus and Accelerators
  
  
• Capturing the mouse input.
  
  
• Creating a PeekMessage loop to temporarily trap all input.
  
  
• Creating a Callback class to use with an API that wants a function pointer (LineDDA)
  
  
• The Font selection common dialog.
  
  
• Detailed GDI rendering, using paths, polylines, etc.

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