SetLayout (Compact 2013)

3/28/2014

This function changes the layout of a device context (DC).

Syntax

DWORD SetLayout(
  HDC hdc,
  DWORD dwLayout,
);

Parameters

• hdc
  [in] Handle to the DC.

• dwLayout
  [in] Specifies the DC layout. This parameter can be a combination of one or more of the following flags.

  Flag	Description
  LAYOUT_BITMAPORIENTATIONPRESERVED	Not supported.
  LAYOUT_RTL	Sets the default horizontal layout to be right-to-left.

  If the layout of your DC is currently right-to-left and you want to change it to left-to-right, set dwLayout to 0x00.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, it returns the previous layout of the DC. A return value of 0 indicates a left-to-right layout.

If the function fails, it returns GDI_ERROR. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The layout specifies the order in which text and graphics are revealed in a window or a device context. The default is left-to-right. The SetLayout function changes this to be right-to-left, which is the standard layout in Arabic and Hebrew cultures.

The SetLayout function cannot modify drawing directly into the bits of a DIB.

After the LAYOUT_RTL flag is selected, flags that normally specify right or left are reversed. To avoid confusion, consider defining alternate words for standard flags, such as those in the following table.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

GDI Functions
GetLayout