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Is this function ever going to be added to edgesurface? GapiDraw has it and in order for me to switch I really need it. For drawing text.

Hi,

GDI (bitmap) surfaces are currently not implemented yet, that's the reason why GetDC isn't available. GDI surfaces are currently on our roadmap and will be implemented in a future release.

In the meantime, we recommend using pixel fonts. To generate fonts automatically, use the font maker tool.

Too many important things not implemented (yet ?) in EDGELIB. After I made my own AlphaBltFast from 2 surfaces I found that GetDC not implemented too

Now I'am forced to write copy from HDC handle to internal memory of Surface to use TTF font. I's not so hard but...

PS. As we all know for China (50000 characters) and Japan languages it's unreal to use pre-rendered fonts.

Hi Villy,

If you create a DirectDraw surface, you should be able to write to it by quering its device context. Use E2DSurface::GetSysApiSurface and cast it to a LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE pointer. Then call the GetDC method on it.

I hope this helps.