Delphi - Draw text multiline in the centre of a rect

Question

In Delphi i wish to draw text inside a TRect. I am hoping for the following functionality:

1. Draw the text centred vertically within the TRect
2. Draw the

Answer 1

Measure the text first using DT_CALCRECT. Pass DT_WORDBREAK to specify that word wrapping is enabled. This will allow you to find the required height for your text. Then you can, in your code, calculate the vertical offset that gives you vertically centred text, and draw to that offset.