fg_xconvert() (legacy function)

Win32 DirectX Fastgraph/Light

Prototype

int fg_xconvert (int column);

Function fg_xconvert (ByVal column As Long) As Long

function fg_xconvert (column : integer) : integer;

Description

The fg_xconvert() legacy function translates a character space column to the screen space coordinate of its leftmost pixel. Using fg_xconvert(1) is an easy way to determine the width of a character cell in pixels.

Parameters

column is the character space column to translate.

Return value

The screen space x coordinate of the leftmost pixel in the character space column column.

Restrictions

none

Replaced by

Screen space