{{Short description|Unit of measurement}} '''Himetric''' is a resolution-independent unit of length.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Its role is similar to the twip, but it is one hundredth of a millimetre.<ref name=ATL>{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/atl/reference/pixel-himetric-conversion-global-functions|title=Pixel-HIMETRIC Conversion Global Functions}}</ref> It is mainly used in Object Linking and Embedding<ref name=KB>{{cite web|url=https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/168/Q168326|title = Q168326: HOWTO: Define the Display Size of an MFC ActiveX Control}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> and derived technologies such as ActiveX,<ref name=KB/> Active Template Library<ref name=ATL/> and Visual Basic up to version 6.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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