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  BOOL GetCharWidth( UINT nFirstChar, UINT nLastChar,
                     LPINT lpBuffer ) const;
 
  Parameter    Description
 
  <nFirstChar> Specifies the first character in a consecutive group of
               characters in the current font.
 
  <nLastChar>  Specifies the last character in a consecutive group of
               characters in the current font.
 
  <lpBuffer>   Points to a buffer that will receive the width values for a
               consecutive group of characters in the current font.
 
  Remarks
 
  Retrieves the widths of individual characters in a consecutive group of
  characters from the current font. For example, if <nFirstChar>
  identifies the letter 'a' and <nLastChar> identifies the letter 'z', the
  function retrieves the widths of all lowercase characters.
 
  The function stores the values in the buffer pointed to by <lpBuffer>.
  This buffer must be large enough to hold all of the widths. For example,
  there must be at least 26 entries in the example given in the previous
  paragraph.
 
  If a character in the consecutive group of characters does not exist in
  a particular font, it will be assigned the width value of the default
  character.
 
  Return Value
 
  TRUE if the function is successful; otherwise FALSE.
 
  See Also
 
  ◄::GetCharWidth►
 
 
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