Himetric

{{Short description|Unit of measurement}}

Himetric is a resolution-independent unit of length.{{Cite news|url=https://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2021/05/19/how-to-build-high-dpi-aware-native-desktop-applications|title=How to build high DPI aware native Windows desktop applications|newspaper=Marius Bancila's Blog | About Code. Mostly on C++ |date=19 May 2021}} Its role is similar to the twip, but it is one hundredth of a millimetre.{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/atl/reference/pixel-himetric-conversion-global-functions|title=Pixel-HIMETRIC Conversion Global Functions}} It is mainly used in Object Linking and Embedding{{cite web|url=https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/168/Q168326|title = Q168326: HOWTO: Define the Display Size of an MFC ActiveX Control}}{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/ocidl/nf-ocidl-ipicture-get_width|title=IPicture::get_Width (Ocidl.h) - Win32 apps}} and derived technologies such as ActiveX, Active Template Library and Visual Basic up to version 6.{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bb823248(v=vs.140) |title=ScaleModeConstants.vbHimetric Field (Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6) | Microsoft Docs |publisher=Docs.microsoft.com |date=2015-09-30 |accessdate=2022-09-04}}