DrawText()

[GamesGo1315]

I'm new at pascal (just got it yesterday.) so my method of learning is picking apart code.

whith this function:
DrawText(argument0,argument1,argument2,argument3,argument4);

what are the arguments ? or are there more or less arguments ?

[TheMagicNumber]

Pascal isn't that crazy, what did you download, and where did you find that?

I'm guessing that's for GDI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handle_of_Device_Context). You shouldn't use this if you're new, you should do console-mode things first.

[GamesGo1315]

I don't understand ? hears the pascal I have http://www.bloodshed.net/devpascal.html . whats crazy about it ? what do you mean ?  

[TheMagicNumber]

That function is for GDI, I was saying no Pascal distribution is that descriptive about functions' parameters. All seem better.

Besides, it's a Windows API function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms901121.aspx

[GamesGo1315]

I still don't follow...I'm a newbie at any language that isn't GML (Even English(my firs language)  .) are you saying that there aren't exact arguments, or that pascal doesn't do graphics ?

[TheMagicNumber]

Neither. Pretty much all programming languages do graphics, but for you, I suggest you learn Turing: http://compsci.ca/holtsoft/turing405_install.zip

It's free (use 4.0.5, newer versions can't make executables and don't have any large changes), and similar to (Object) Pascal.

[GamesGo1315]

Wow, that's neat. But can it make DLL's for GameMaker ?