DrawText Problem - Texts on Same Line

[asepm]

Hi,

As an alternative to CEikLabel which has always caused much trouble for me, as explained here, I decided to draw text using the DrawText() function.

The problem I am having with DrawText is: I have two texts which I intend to draw on the SAME line (i.e. the same Y position), one at 5 pixels from the left margin and the other would be 5 pixels from the right. However, I can only draw either of them, not both.

void CPengawas_Logs::Draw( const TRect& aRect ) const
	{
	CWindowGc& gc = SystemGc();
	gc.Clear();
	gc.SetBrushColor(KRgbDarkBlue);
	gc.SetBrushStyle(CGraphicsContext::ESolidBrush);
	gc.SetPenColor(KRgbYellow);
	TRect rect(0, 0, aRect.Width(), 20);
	gc.DrawRect(rect);

	_LIT(KFontName, "LatinPlain12");
	const TInt KFontSize = 130;
	TFontSpec fontSpec(KFontName, KFontSize);
	fontSpec.iFontStyle.SetStrokeWeight(EStrokeWeightBold);
	CGraphicsDevice* screenDevice = iEikonEnv->ScreenDevice();
	CFont* font;
	screenDevice->GetNearestFontInTwips(font, fontSpec);
	
	gc.UseFont(font);
	screenDevice->ReleaseFont(font);

	const TInt KOffset = 5;
	TInt iItemNo_Width = font->TextWidthInPixels(iItemNoText);
	TInt iYPos = (rect.Height() + font->AscentInPixels()) / 2;
	
	gc.DrawText(iDateTimeText, rect, iYPos, CGraphicsContext::ELeft, KOffset); //"Date and Time" text
	gc.DrawText(iItemNoText, rect, iYPos, CGraphicsContext::ELeft, rect.Width()-KOffset-iItemNo_Width); //"Item No" text in the format of "1/1000" (lots of items as this lists SMS/Call logs)

	gc.DiscardFont();	
	}

The calling function which calls the Draw() method is:

void CPengawas_Logs::DisplayDateTimeAndItemNo(const TInt iItemCount)
	{
		TBuf<20> iDateTimeParts = iListBox->Model()->ItemText(iActiveIndex).Right(20);
		iDateTimeText = iDateTimeParts.Left(19);
		iItemNoText = _L("");
		iItemNoText.AppendNum(iActiveIndex+1);
		iItemNoText.Append(_L("/"));
		iItemNoText.AppendNum(iItemCount);
    	
    	       DrawNow();
	}

Only one of the two strings was printed, either the first or the second, but not both, depending on which one was not commented out.
Then I "improvised" by using a series of space characters to separate the first and second text.

void CPengawas_Logs::Draw( const TRect& aRect ) const
	{
	CWindowGc& gc = SystemGc();
	gc.Clear();
	gc.SetBrushColor(KRgbDarkBlue);
	gc.SetBrushStyle(CGraphicsContext::ESolidBrush);
	gc.SetPenColor(KRgbYellow);
	TRect rect(0, 0, aRect.Width(), 20);
	gc.DrawRect(rect);

	_LIT(KFontName, "LatinPlain12");
	const TInt KFontSize = 130;
	TFontSpec fontSpec(KFontName, KFontSize);
	fontSpec.iFontStyle.SetStrokeWeight(EStrokeWeightBold);
	CGraphicsDevice* screenDevice = iEikonEnv->ScreenDevice();
	CFont* font;
	screenDevice->GetNearestFontInTwips(font, fontSpec);
	
	gc.UseFont(font);
	screenDevice->ReleaseFont(font);

	_LIT(KSpace, " ");
	const TInt KOffset = 5;
	TInt iDateTime_Width = font->TextWidthInPixels(iDateTimeText);
	TInt iItemNo_Width = font->TextWidthInPixels(iItemNoText);
	TInt iSpace_Width = font->TextWidthInPixels(KSpace); 
	TInt iAllTexts_Width = rect.Width()- (2*KOffset);
	TInt iRemainingWidth = iAllTexts_Width - (iDateTime_Width + iItemNo_Width);
	TInt iSpaceCount = 0;
	if (iRemainingWidth > 0)
		{
		iSpaceCount = (iRemainingWidth/iSpace_Width);
		if (iSpaceCount < 0) iSpaceCount = 0;
		}
	TInt iDateTimeText_Width = iDateTimeText.Length();
	TInt iItemNo_Width = iItemNoText.Length();
	
	RBuf iInformationText;
	iInformationText.CreateL(iDateTimeText_Width+iSpaceCount+iItemNo_Width);
	CleanupClosePushL(iInformationText);
	
	iInformationText.Copy(iDateTimeText);	
	if (iSpaceCount > 0)
		for (TInt i=0; i<iSpaceCount; i++) iInformationText.Append(KSpace);
	iInformationText.Append(iItemNoText);
	
	iAppUi->SaveToLog(KLogFile, iInformationText);
	
	TInt iYPos = (rect.Height() + font->AscentInPixels()) / 2;
	
	//gc.DrawText(iDateTimeText, rect, iYPos, CGraphicsContext::ELeft, KOffset);
	//gc.DrawText(iItemNoText, rect, iYPos, CGraphicsContext::ELeft, rect.Width()-KOffset-iItemNo_Width);
	
	gc.DrawText(iInformationText, rect, iYPos, CGraphicsContext::ELeft, KOffset);
	
	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(&iInformationText);

	gc.DiscardFont();	
	}

This one worked.

My question: Does DrawText print only one "text" on a single line? I haven't tried drawing more than one line, though, but I will for another container soon after I find the method used for this one sufficient.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. The above variable names are converted/translated to English for the ease of understanding. There might be some words incorrectly replaced using Find/Replace in Notepad.
P.P.S. I've googled a lot and browsed the forum/DiBo and all that (as I always do everyday since I began writing this app) but have found no similar problem (i.e. drawing "twice" on the same line). Others mention drawing problems with multiline texts, which I will have to take into account when I am at the next container real soon.

Regards,
Asep