MAKEPOINTS

Overview

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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library

Header File
wingdi.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

The MAKEPOINTS macro converts a value that contains the x- and y-coordinates of a point into a POINTS structure.

POINTS MAKEPOINTS(

DWORD dwValue	// coordinates of a point
);

Parameters
dwValue

Specifies the coordinates of a point. The x-coordinate is in the low-order word, and the y-coordinate is in the high-order word.

Return Values
The return value is a pointer to a POINTS structure.

Remarks
The MAKEPOINTS macro is defined as follows:

#define MAKEPOINTS(l) (*((POINTS FAR *) & (l)))