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Himetric is a resolution-independent unit of length. Its role is similar to the twip, but it is one hundredth of a millimetre. It is mainly used in Object Linking and Embedding and derived technologies such as ActiveX, Active Template Library and Visual Basic up to version 6.

References

1. "How to build high DPI aware native Windows desktop applications". Marius Bancila's Blog | About Code. Mostly on C++. 19 May 2021.
2. ^ "Pixel-HIMETRIC Conversion Global Functions".
3. ^ "Q168326: HOWTO: Define the Display Size of an MFC ActiveX Control".
4. "IPicture::get_Width (Ocidl.h) - Win32 apps".
5. "ScaleModeConstants.vbHimetric Field (Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6) | Microsoft Docs". Docs.microsoft.com. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-04.

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