Width of Text

[Jack Russell]

How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size
the width of the control to fit it as one line?

Thanks

Jack Russell

[Charles Law]

Hi Jack

The Graphics property has a MeasureString method that will do this. If you
are doing this in an event, such as Paint, you will be passed a graphics
object. Otherwise use controlObject.CreateGraphics. If you use the latter,
remember to Dispose it when you have finished.

HTH

Charles
"Jack Russell" <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size the
width of the control to fit it as one line?

Thanks

Jack Russell

[Jack Russell]

Charles Law wrote:

Hi Jack

The Graphics property has a MeasureString method that will do this. If you
are doing this in an event, such as Paint, you will be passed a graphics
object. Otherwise use controlObject.CreateGraphics. If you use the latter,
remember to Dispose it when you have finished.

HTH

Charles
"Jack Russell" <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size the
width of the control to fit it as one line?

Thanks

Jack Russell

Thanks, I suspect programming in machine code was easier than trying to
find my way around the .net maze!

[Morten Wennevik]

Jack,

Just so you know, MeasureString is simple, but will return a size slightly larger than needed for the text. In most cases this is ok. If you want exact measures you need to use Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges
On Wed, 04 May 2005 10:48:37 +0200, Jack Russell <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote:

Charles Law wrote:

Hi Jack

The Graphics property has a MeasureString method that will do this. If you
are doing this in an event, such as Paint, you will be passed a graphics
object. Otherwise use controlObject.CreateGraphics. If you use the latter,
remember to Dispose it when you have finished.

HTH

Charles
"Jack Russell" <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size the
width of the control to fit it as one line?

Thanks

Jack Russell

Thanks, I suspect programming in machine code was easier than trying to
find my way around the .net maze!

--
Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

[Charles Law]

Hi Morten

Funnily enough, I had spotted that too, but assumed that
Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges would give similar results. I will try it
myself. Is there any logic behind why MeasureString over estimates?

Charles
"Morten Wennevik" <Mo************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.sp8yofxaklbvpo@stone...

Jack,

Just so you know, MeasureString is simple, but will return a size slightly
larger than needed for the text. In most cases this is ok. If you want
exact measures you need to use Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges
On Wed, 04 May 2005 10:48:37 +0200, Jack Russell
<ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote:

Charles Law wrote:

Hi Jack

The Graphics property has a MeasureString method that will do this. If
you
are doing this in an event, such as Paint, you will be passed a graphics
object. Otherwise use controlObject.CreateGraphics. If you use the
latter,
remember to Dispose it when you have finished.

HTH

Charles
"Jack Russell" <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size
the
width of the control to fit it as one line?

Thanks

Jack Russell

Thanks, I suspect programming in machine code was easier than trying to
find my way around the .net maze!

--
Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

[Morten Wennevik]

I don't remember exactly why MeasureString returns a size larger than the actual text, but I believe it has something to do with regular characters being able to increase/decrease in size depending on appendices like N vs Ñ, C vs Ç etc. I believe MeasureString assumes every character is displaying its largest possible version or something.
On Wed, 04 May 2005 13:24:55 +0200, Charles Law <bl***@nowhere.com> wrote:

Hi Morten

Funnily enough, I had spotted that too, but assumed that
Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges would give similar results. I will try it
myself. Is there any logic behind why MeasureString over estimates?

Charles
"Morten Wennevik" <Mo************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.sp8yofxaklbvpo@stone...

Jack,

Just so you know, MeasureString is simple, but will return a size slightly
larger than needed for the text. In most cases this is ok. If you want
exact measures you need to use Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges
On Wed, 04 May 2005 10:48:37 +0200, Jack Russell
<ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote:

Charles Law wrote:
Hi Jack

The Graphics property has a MeasureString method that will do this. If
you
are doing this in an event, such as Paint, you will be passed a graphics
object. Otherwise use controlObject.CreateGraphics. If you use the
latter,
remember to Dispose it when you have finished.

HTH

Charles
"Jack Russell" <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size
> the
> width of the control to fit it as one line?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack Russell

Thanks, I suspect programming in machine code was easier than trying to
find my way around the .net maze!

--
Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

--
Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

[Ron Allen]

Charles,
MeasureString depends heavily on the StringFormat being used. Any of
the overloads where you specify this and use an instance of
StringFormat.GenericTypographic will work much better than the default
StringFormat. MeasureCharacterRanges is more accurate though so use this if
you need to get exceedingly precise results. My reporting output works fine
with the GenericTypographic StringFormat though if you are looking at a
print preview scaled down the alignment may look off. When scaled to over
100% these look just fine on the screen and look fine on the printer.

There have been a lot of long discussions on measuring strings in
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.drawing that you can find in a search.

Ron Allen
"Charles Law" <bl***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Hi Morten

Funnily enough, I had spotted that too, but assumed that
Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges would give similar results. I will try it
myself. Is there any logic behind why MeasureString over estimates?

Charles
"Morten Wennevik" <Mo************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.sp8yofxaklbvpo@stone...

Jack,

Just so you know, MeasureString is simple, but will return a size
slightly larger than needed for the text. In most cases this is ok. If
you want exact measures you need to use Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges
On Wed, 04 May 2005 10:48:37 +0200, Jack Russell
<ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote:

Charles Law wrote:
Hi Jack

The Graphics property has a MeasureString method that will do this. If
you
are doing this in an event, such as Paint, you will be passed a
graphics
object. Otherwise use controlObject.CreateGraphics. If you use the
latter,
remember to Dispose it when you have finished.

HTH

Charles
"Jack Russell" <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size
> the
> width of the control to fit it as one line?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack Russell

Thanks, I suspect programming in machine code was easier than trying to
find my way around the .net maze!

--
Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

[Charles Law]

Hi Ron

I wasn't using a StringFormat in my calls to MeasureString, so that could
indeed account for the effect that I was seeing. I have found some articles
on using MeasureCharacterRanges, and put something together in VB.NET that
now does a pretty good job. I might have a play with GenericTypographic for
comparison.

Cheers

Charles
"Ron Allen" <rallen@_nospam_src-us.com> wrote in message
news:ue*************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Charles,
MeasureString depends heavily on the StringFormat being used. Any of
the overloads where you specify this and use an instance of
StringFormat.GenericTypographic will work much better than the default
StringFormat. MeasureCharacterRanges is more accurate though so use this
if you need to get exceedingly precise results. My reporting output works
fine with the GenericTypographic StringFormat though if you are looking at
a print preview scaled down the alignment may look off. When scaled to
over 100% these look just fine on the screen and look fine on the printer.

There have been a lot of long discussions on measuring strings in
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.drawing that you can find in a search.

Ron Allen
"Charles Law" <bl***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi Morten

Funnily enough, I had spotted that too, but assumed that
Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges would give similar results. I will try it
myself. Is there any logic behind why MeasureString over estimates?

Charles
"Morten Wennevik" <Mo************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.sp8yofxaklbvpo@stone...

Jack,

Just so you know, MeasureString is simple, but will return a size
slightly larger than needed for the text. In most cases this is ok. If
you want exact measures you need to use Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges
On Wed, 04 May 2005 10:48:37 +0200, Jack Russell
<ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote:

Charles Law wrote:
> Hi Jack
>
> The Graphics property has a MeasureString method that will do this. If
> you
> are doing this in an event, such as Paint, you will be passed a
> graphics
> object. Otherwise use controlObject.CreateGraphics. If you use the
> latter,
> remember to Dispose it when you have finished.
>
> HTH
>
> Charles
>
>
> "Jack Russell" <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
> news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>> How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size
>> the
>> width of the control to fit it as one line?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jack Russell
>
>
>
Thanks, I suspect programming in machine code was easier than trying to
find my way around the .net maze!


--
Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

[Jack Russell]

Charles Law wrote:

Hi Ron

I wasn't using a StringFormat in my calls to MeasureString, so that could
indeed account for the effect that I was seeing. I have found some articles
on using MeasureCharacterRanges, and put something together in VB.NET that
now does a pretty good job. I might have a play with GenericTypographic for
comparison.

Cheers

Charles
"Ron Allen" <rallen@_nospam_src-us.com> wrote in message
news:ue*************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Charles,
MeasureString depends heavily on the StringFormat being used. Any of
the overloads where you specify this and use an instance of
StringFormat.GenericTypographic will work much better than the default
StringFormat. MeasureCharacterRanges is more accurate though so use this
if you need to get exceedingly precise results. My reporting output works
fine with the GenericTypographic StringFormat though if you are looking at
a print preview scaled down the alignment may look off. When scaled to
over 100% these look just fine on the screen and look fine on the printer.

There have been a lot of long discussions on measuring strings in
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.drawing that you can find in a search.

Ron Allen
"Charles Law" <bl***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl.. .

Hi Morten

Funnily enough, I had spotted that too, but assumed that
Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges would give similar results. I will try it
myself. Is there any logic behind why MeasureString over estimates?

Charles
"Morten Wennevik" <Mo************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.sp8yofxaklbvpo@stone...

Jack,

Just so you know, MeasureString is simple, but will return a size
slightly larger than needed for the text. In most cases this is ok. If
you want exact measures you need to use Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges
On Wed, 04 May 2005 10:48:37 +0200, Jack Russell
<ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote:
>Charles Law wrote:
>
>>Hi Jack
>>
>>The Graphics property has a MeasureString method that will do this. If
>>you
>>are doing this in an event, such as Paint, you will be passed a
>>graphics
>>object. Otherwise use controlObject.CreateGraphics. If you use the
>>latter,
>>remember to Dispose it when you have finished.
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>Charles
>>
>>
>>"Jack Russell" <ja***@norubbish.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>>news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl ...
>>
>>
>>>How can I find the width of some text (in pixels?) so that I can size
>>>the
>>>width of the control to fit it as one line?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Jack Russell
>>
>>
>>
>Thanks, I suspect programming in machine code was easier than trying to
>find my way around the .net maze!
>

--
Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

Thanks for all the replies.
Measure string worked for me. The only complication was that the control
I am using does not support that method so I have to set up a text box
measure that and then apply it to the target control. Much to my
amazement it seems to work although I suspect it may trip me up later.