TreeView node.Bounds.Width and DrawString

[timtos]

I am working on a custom treeView and have some problems with
a) node.Bounds.Width
b) concatenate strings drawn with DrawString(...)

a)
I want to highlight a selected node and used the node.Bounds dimensions
to draw a rectangle around the node but the node.Bounds.Width property
seems to be wrong. Sometimes the rectangle is too large and sometimes
it is too small; something like this

selectedNo(*)de
selectedNodeselect(*)edNode
selNod(*)e

(*) = the end of the rectangle - although the node.Bounds dimensions are used.
What can that be?

b)
I want to concatenate two strings drawn with DrawString.
How do I get the exact width of such a drawn string?
Or in other words - How do I get to know where to let the second string start?
I´ve tried something like this:

int width = this.node.Font.Size * text1.Length;

But of course that isn´t working...
Any ideas about these two topics?
Thanks really a lot for any hints!

Greetings,
timtos.

[Chris Taylor]

Hi,

I have not looked at the node bounds. But on the point of the DrawString,
firstly why don't you concactenate the strings into a new string then draw
that string with one DrawString? Assuming you have good reason not to do
this, take a look at MeasureString it should help you.

Hope This Helps

Chris Taylor

"timtos" <ti****@gmx.de> wrote in message
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I am working on a custom treeView and have some problems with
a) node.Bounds.Width
b) concatenate strings drawn with DrawString(...)

a)
I want to highlight a selected node and used the node.Bounds dimensions
to draw a rectangle around the node but the node.Bounds.Width property
seems to be wrong. Sometimes the rectangle is too large and sometimes
it is too small; something like this

selectedNo(*)de
selectedNodeselect(*)edNode
selNod(*)e

(*) = the end of the rectangle - although the node.Bounds dimensions are used. What can that be?

b)
I want to concatenate two strings drawn with DrawString.
How do I get the exact width of such a drawn string?
Or in other words - How do I get to know where to let the second string start? I´ve tried something like this:

int width = this.node.Font.Size * text1.Length;

But of course that isn´t working...
Any ideas about these two topics?
Thanks really a lot for any hints!

Greetings,
timtos.