Writing text to LCD w/ wince 6.0 + VS2005

Question

This can't be this difficult.  I'm trying to simply write text to a dialog box on an LCD screen attached to a manufacturer's dev board using ExtTextOut for WinCE6.0/Platform Builder + VS2005 MFC project + embedded SmartDevice (ARM), and nothing works. Using SD card for transfer, leaving app on card.   I see nothing on the screen.  In my OSDesign, I have Graphics/direct draw checked.  Here is my code:

int num;

HDC hdc;

Rect rect = {20,28,188,138};

TCHAR string[20];

StringCchPrintfW(string,_countof(string),_T("1234"));

SetTextColor(hdc, (250,0,0));

num = ExtTextOut (hdc,50,42,ETO_OPAQUE,&rect,string,4,NULL);

if (num == 0) AfxMessageBox (L"no srtring");

1) Is there a special setting in the OSDesign for this?

2) Why is this code not working?

Thanks, CM007

 

Answer 1

Hello,

Did you have any sample codes provided by the OEM? Maybe the way to show the text is different from general MFC project.

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
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Answer 2

Hi Jesse,

Thanks for your thoughts.  I'll check on that.

CM007

Answer 3

Hi Jesse,

Did find some code, and it works now!  Looks like:

CPaintDC dc(this);

CString string;

string = L"hi";    "L" for wide character string

ExtTextOut(dc,150,100,0,NULL,string,2,NULL)

CM007

Answer 4

Thanks for sharing the solution.

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
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