BUG: Text Copy/Paste from InfoViewer Loses Layout

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The problem is most noticeable when you try to copy formatted information, such as a table. In HTML, this is represented by a stream of tags, and not in a two dimensional layout.

The ScrollDC function demonstrates this problem. In the Online Help Index, type ScrollDC to find and display this Win32 function. In the Online Help text, the ScrollDC function prototype looks like the following:

   BOOL ScrollDC(
    HDC hDC,                // handle of device context
    int dx,                 // horizontal scroll units
    int dy,                 // vertical scroll units
    CONST RECT *lprcScroll, // address of structure for scrolling rectangle
    CONST RECT *lprcClip,   // address of structure for clipping rectangle
    HRGN hrgnUpdate,        // handle of scrolling region
    LPRECT lprcUpdate       // address of structure for update rectangle
   );
				

This text will look like this when copied to a text file:

   BOOL ScrollDC(


   HDC hDC,



   // handle of device context

   int dx,



   // horizontal scroll units

   int dy,



   // vertical scroll units

   CONST RECT *lprcScroll,



   // address of structure for scrolling rectangle

   CONST RECT *lprcClip,



   // address of structure for clipping rectangle

   HRGN hrgnUpdate,



   // handle of scrolling region

   LPRECT lprcUpdate



   // address of structure for update rectangle

   );