GetTextMetrics fails.

[Quintesence]

I'm attempting to retrieve text metric information outside of a WM_PAINT message. When I do this the GetTextMetrics function fails and GetLastError returns the error code 2. I need to retrieve the text metrics information outside of the paint event.

[Doctor Luz]

HAve you checked if your HDC is valid?

[Quintesence]

If you mean does the GetDC function fail then no it returns a handle.

[Doctor Luz]

The Error lookup utility says that error number 2 is "System can't find the specified file".

What file finds GetTextMetrics? the font file? Maybe the font is the problem.

[Quintesence]

Ah I found it. You mentioning something being wrong with the font made me double check the method I used to create the font. I had forgotten to zero the LOGFONT structure before I called CreateFontIndirect so it was passing a lot of garbage to the function. Annoyingly, it never failed with the bogus data it received. Thanks for the help it's greatly appreciated.