Member Alignment - CHOOSEFONTW Topic is solved

[TheArkive]

Just wondering if someone can help me check my math here for 32 and 64 bit on this structure:

Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/commdlg/ns-commdlg-choosefontw

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;                                           size        offset [32|64]
; typedef struct tagCHOOSEFONTW {
  ; DWORD        lStructSize;               |4        / 0
  ; HWND         hwndOwner;                 |[4|8]    / [ 4| 8]  A_PtrSize * 1
  ; HDC          hDC;                       |[4|8]    / [ 8|16]  A_PtrSize * 2
  ; LPLOGFONTW   lpLogFont;                 |[4|8]    / [12|24]  A_PtrSize * 3
  ; INT          iPointSize;                |4        / [16|32]  A_PtrSize * 4
  ; DWORD        Flags;                     |4        / [20|36]
  ; COLORREF     rgbColors;                 |4        / [24|40] --- this lines up with code
  ; LPARAM       lCustData;                 |[4|8]    / [28|48]
  ; LPCFHOOKPROC lpfnHook;                  |[4|8]    / [32|56]
  ; LPCWSTR      lpTemplateName;            |[4|8]    / [36|64]
  ; HINSTANCE    hInstance;                 |[4|8]    / [40|72]
  ; LPWSTR       lpszStyle;                 |[4|8]    / [44|80]
  ; WORD         nFontType;                 |2        / [48|88]
  ; WORD         ___MISSING_ALIGNMENT__;    |2        / [50|90]
  ; INT          nSizeMin;                  |4        / [52|92]
  ; INT          nSizeMax;                  |4        / [56|96] -- len: 60 or 64? / 100 or 104?
; } CHOOSEFONTW;

I think my confusion is with the WORD alignment. I think a word is a 2-byte value, but not sure when/if/how I'm supposed to pad that for proper alignment.

[swagfag]

size is always a multiple of A_PtrSize, so 60 and 104 look about right

[TheArkive]

so where did I go wrong in the last 4 members of the 64-bit side? A_PtrSize is 8 on x64, but not every member is padded for 8 bytes... that's where I'm having trouble, understanding when the padding happens, and when it doesnt

[swagfag]

x64, padded are only:

• DWORD lStructSize; - 4 bytes, because HWND hwndOwner;(8 bytes) wouldnt have fit next to it
• COLORREF rgbColors; - 4 bytes, because LPARAM lCustData;(8 bytes) wouldnt have fit next to it
• INT nSizeMax; - 4 bytes, because the struct size needs to be a multiple of sizeof size_t, ie 8

[TheArkive]

Thanks @swagfag. The 2 below i fully understand.

x64, padded are only:

• DWORD lStructSize; - 4 bytes, because HWND hwndOwner;(8 bytes) wouldnt have fit next to it
• COLORREF rgbColors; - 4 bytes, because LPARAM lCustData;(8 bytes) wouldnt have fit next to it

INT nSizeMax; - 4 bytes, because the struct size needs to be a multiple of sizeof size_t, ie 8

... Oh! Ok, so technically there's 4 bytes of padding at the end of the x64 structure, because as you said, the whole size of the structure needs to be a multiple of 8?

I'm just trying to understand the nitty-gritty bits (no pun intended).

EDIT: After re-reading your last reply about 10x i realize that's basically what you said, but specifically, the padding is at the END right? Since the offset to access the last member still has to be 96?