How to Draw Text Vertically with Compact Framework

c#, drawing, user-interface, windows-mobile

Solution

public static Font CreateRotatedFont(string fontname, int height, int angleInDegrees, Graphics g)
{
    LogFont logf = new LogFont();
    logf.Height = -1 * height;
    logf.FaceName = fontname;
    logf.Escapement = angleInDegrees * 10;
    logf.Orientation = logf.Escapement;
    logf.CharSet = LogFontCharSet.Default;
    logf.OutPrecision = LogFontPrecision.Default;
    logf.ClipPrecision = LogFontClipPrecision.Default;
    logf.Quality = LogFontQuality.ClearType;
    logf.PitchAndFamily = LogFontPitchAndFamily.Default;
    return Font.FromLogFont(logf);
}

Then use it like this:

Graphics myGraphic = this.CreateGraphics();
Font myFont = CreateRotatedFont("Tahoma", 32, 90, myGraphic);
myGraphic.DrawString("Hello", myFont, myBrush, myRect, myFormat);

Problem

I need to draw text VERTICALLY directly on to a Windows Mobile Form. This is a Compact Framework 2.0 application. I have the following test code working in a windows form application, but it does not work with the compact framework because there is NOT a DirectionVertical StringFormatFlag. Is there another way to do the same thing on Windows Mobile? Upgrading to Compact Framework 3.5 did NOT help. It has the same StringFormatFlags as 2.0. ``` private void TestDrawVertically() { Font myFont = new Font(FontFamily.GenericSerif, 10, FontStyle.Bold); System.Drawing.Brush myBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black); Rectangle myRect = new Rectangle(10, 10, 200, 200); StringFormat myFormat = new StringFormat(); myFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center; myFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center; myFormat.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical; Graphics myGraphic = this.CreateGraphics(); myGraphic.DrawString("Hello", myFont, myBrush, myRect, myFormat); } ``` Thanks.

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