I got the example below from this page in MS, but the code doesn't link due to this message:
error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DWriteCreateFactory@12 referenced in function _wmain
I repeat the code below to facilitate its reading:
#include <dwrite.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <new>
// SafeRelease inline function.
template <class T> inline void SafeRelease(T **ppT)
{
if (*ppT)
{
(*ppT)->Release();
*ppT = NULL;
}
}
void wmain()
{
IDWriteFactory* pDWriteFactory = NULL;
HRESULT hr = DWriteCreateFactory(
DWRITE_FACTORY_TYPE_SHARED,
__uuidof(IDWriteFactory),
reinterpret_cast<IUnknown**>(&pDWriteFactory)
);
IDWriteFontCollection* pFontCollection = NULL;
// Get the system font collection.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
hr = pDWriteFactory->GetSystemFontCollection(&pFontCollection);
}
UINT32 familyCount = 0;
// Get the number of font families in the collection.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
familyCount = pFontCollection->GetFontFamilyCount();
}
for (UINT32 i = 0; i < familyCount; ++i)
{
IDWriteFontFamily* pFontFamily = NULL;
// Get the font family.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
hr = pFontCollection->GetFontFamily(i, &pFontFamily);
}
IDWriteLocalizedStrings* pFamilyNames = NULL;
// Get a list of localized strings for the family name.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
hr = pFontFamily->GetFamilyNames(&pFamilyNames);
}
UINT32 index = 0;
BOOL exists = false;
wchar_t localeName[LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH];
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
// Get the default locale for this user.
int defaultLocaleSuccess = GetUserDefaultLocaleName(localeName, LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH);
// If the default locale is returned, find that locale name, otherwise use "en-us".
if (defaultLocaleSuccess)
{
hr = pFamilyNames->FindLocaleName(localeName, &index, &exists);
}
if (SUCCEEDED(hr) && !exists) // if the above find did not find a match, retry with US English
{
hr = pFamilyNames->FindLocaleName(L"en-us", &index, &exists);
}
}
// If the specified locale doesn't exist, select the first on the list.
if (!exists)
index = 0;
UINT32 length = 0;
// Get the string length.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
hr = pFamilyNames->GetStringLength(index, &length);
}
// Allocate a string big enough to hold the name.
wchar_t* name = new (std::nothrow) wchar_t[length+1];
if (name == NULL)
{
hr = E_OUTOFMEMORY;
}
// Get the family name.
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
hr = pFamilyNames->GetString(index, name, length+1);
}
if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
// Print out the family name.
wprintf(L"%s\n", name);
}
SafeRelease(&pFontFamily);
SafeRelease(&pFamilyNames);
delete [] name;
}
SafeRelease(&pFontCollection);
SafeRelease(&pDWriteFactory);
}
As these are my first steps in DirectWrite, I'm clueless about the error message mentioned above.
MSDN page on DWriteCreateFactory states that you must include dwrite.h
(assuming you have done since code compiled) and link dwrite.lib
.
You must explicitely add that library to your VisualStudio project.