Howto redraw text at any point on screen?

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i can use ddihook for hook ExtTextOut function. i can redraw a line of text but i can't force to redraw only one word in a line.

Hello vanchai,

can you post you code here...

cause i tried the api function and it works

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
VAR
  R : TRect;
begin
 R := Rect ( 50,50,200,100);
 ExtTextOut(
    self.Canvas.Handle,   // handle to device context
    50,                   // x-coordinate of reference point
    50,                   // y-coordinate of reference point
    ETO_CLIPPED,          // text will be clipped
    @R,                   // optional clipping and/or opaquing rectangle
    pChar('hello'),       // points to string
    5,                   // number of characters in string
    NIL
   );

end;


Best Regards

Cesario

If you know where the word is I should expect that you could try somthing like:

var
 dc : HDC;
begin
 dc := getDC(getDesktopWindow);
 invalidateRect(dc,some_rect,true);
 releaseDC(getDesktopWindow,dc);
end;

GL
Mike

the easiest way may  be to call upon any wincontrol that have a canvas like a form with the simple line

TWincontrol(Sender).Canvas.
  TextOut(Mouse.x, Mouse.y, 'word to Write');

I hope this helps

Manata

hello all experts,
:-)

Cesario,
i use Win32 Hooks to hook mouse button, when i click on screen i can retrieve point and some handle window by code.
...
procedure MyRedrawText(Wnd: HWND; P: TPoint);
var
    ClientPoint: TPoint;
    R: TRect;
begin
        ClientPoint:= P;
        MapWindowPoints(0, Wnd, ClientPoint, 1);
        GetClientRect(Wnd, R);
        R.Top:= ClientPoint.y;
        R.Bottom:= ClientPoint.y+1;
        SetMyDDIHook;
        RedrawWindow(Wnd, @R, 0, RDW_FRAME or RDW_INVALIDATE or RDW_UPDATENOW or RDW_NOCHILDREN);
        DeleteMyDDIHook;
end;

.
.
.

 GetCursorPos(P);
 Wnd:= WindowFromPoint(P);
 MyRedrawText(Wnd,P);

...
this code can redraw a line in control window such as notepad, title bar, button ... but in IE i can not redraw. why?

To edey,
'If you know where the word is '. this is very big problem for me. i don't know RECT structure of the word.

see more information about ddihook here.-> https://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/qShow.jsp?ta=delphi&qid=11622218

To only redraw the word, can't you add:

  R.Left := ClientPoint.x;
  R.Right := ClientPoint.x+1;

? Just a thought. But maybe this way only the current CHARACTER is redrawn, don't know...

About IE: Maybe IE caches the current visible screen in a bitmap (some of my own controls do that to boost up the speed, too). In that case, if you invalidate a rect, IE only uses BitBlt to repaint the rect instead of (Ext)TextOutA/W. If that is the case, I have no idea about how to force IE to redraw the text with (Ext)TextOutA/W...  :-(

Regards, Madshi.

Just out of curiosity, why do you need to repaint just one word?  Perhaps if we knew more about -what_ you're trying to accomlish we could give a better solution.

GL
Mike

"R.Left := ClientPoint.x;
 R.Right := ClientPoint.x+1;"
Thank you Madshi, i just try but the method not work. its worked in some control.

eday,
I want to know RECT of the word. If i know, i can implement application for disabled or can write program like babylon for people in my country(thai). In text editor, word processing or viewer application, when double-click, one word is selected. How to? I have idia to implement by send WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_LBUTTONUP message to application for repaint word but it not work for all case. e.g. hyper-link in IE.

Regard, vanchai.

I would be tempted to sugest that you could use IE's DOM to get/set text in the webBrowser - unfortunatly I don't know if it's possible to get a refrence to explorer's document from it's HWND.

GL
Mike

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Somewhat off-topic, but important.

****************************** ALERT********************************
WindowsUpdate - Critical Update alert March 28, 2002 from Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-015.asp
Synopsis:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-015  
28 March 2002 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer
Originally posted: March 28, 2002
Summary
Who should read this bulletin: Customers using Microsoft® Internet Explorer
Impact of vulnerability: Two vulnerabilities, the most serious of which would allow script to run in the Local Computer Zone.
Maximum Severity Rating: Critical
Recommendation: Consumers using the affected version of IE should install the patch immediately.
Affected Software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

Thought you'd appreciate knowing this.
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