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public static extern bool SetupFindNextLine(ref INFCONTEXT ContextIn, out INFCONTEXT ContextOut);

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Public Declare Auto Function SetupFindNextLine Lib "setupapi.dll" (ByRef ContextIn As INFCONTEXT, ByRef ContextOut As INFCONTEXT) As Boolean

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ContextOut

Pointer to a variable in which this function returns the context of the found line. ContextOut can point to ContextIn if the caller wishes.

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public static extern bool SetupFindNextMatchLine(ref INFCONTEXT ContextIn, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] string Key, out INFCONTEXT ContextOut);

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Public Declare Auto Function SetupFindNextMatchLine Lib "setupapi.dll" (ByRef ContextIn As INFCONTEXT, ByVal Key As String, ByRef ContextOut As INFCONTEXT) As Boolean

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ContextOut

Pointer to a variable in which this function returns the context of the found line. ContextOut can point to ContextIn if the caller wishes.

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Summary

The ExtTextOut API

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[DllImport("gdi32.dll", EntryPoint = "ExtTextOutW")]

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static extern bool ExtTextOut(IntPtr hdc, int X, int Y, uint fuOptions,

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Documentation

[ExtTextOut] on MSDN

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Windows XP: Using this function with the DrawText function in GDI causes the "!" character and some other characters to be placed improperly. However, using the TextOut function to draw text with GDI causes all characters to be placed properly with additional extra character spacing.

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Summary

The TextOut API

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static extern bool TextOut(IntPtr hdc, int nXStart, int nYStart,

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    Shared Function TextOut(ByVal hdc As IntPtr, ByVal x As Integer, _

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TextOut, unlike the Text property, have to be called every time Windows asks for a control to repaint. By using the Graphics.CopyFromScreen method one can copy the output of a Textout command and use that for repainting.

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Unlike graphics.drawstring, Textout can work with fonts other than True Type, Open Type, and PostScript fonts. If you have a font that's supported by Windows but not .net you can most likely use this command to draw it.

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   static extern bool TextOut(IntPtr hdc, int nXStart, int nYStart,

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            TextOut(HDC, x_pos, y_pos, line, line.Length);

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    Private Shared Function TextOut(ByVal hdc As IntPtr, ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer, ByVal textstring As String, ByVal charCount As Integer) As Boolean

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            TextOut(Hdc, LeftEdge + (Kerning \ 2), 60, Text, Text.Length)

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Documentation

[TextOut] on MSDN

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Summary

The TabbedTextOut API

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static extern int TabbedTextOut(IntPtr hDC, int X, int Y, string lpString,

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Documentation

[TabbedTextOut] on MSDN

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        EMR_EXTTEXTOUTA        = 83,

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        EMR_EXTTEXTOUTW        = 84,

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        EMR_POLYTEXTOUTA           = 96,

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        EMR_POLYTEXTOUTW           = 97,