I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few years ago
where they need to know the height in inches of a block of text for billing
their customers. The MS Access app opens Word in the background, makes some
settings (font, font size, margins, etc.) and gets the height. It's all
worked quite well for 3 or 4 years.
However, the whole thing is going to be redone for use in browsers in
asp.net with vb.net. We want to eliminate the need to use Word for this. I'd
like to write a function in vb.net for this. The whole thing is going to be
run on both Windows and Mac machines. I found some info here: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog....NET/Q_2182000
8.html
but I'm not sure it's the correct approach. I was hoping someone
could point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Keith 12  1838 
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne tschrieb
I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few years
ago where they need to know the height in inches of a block of text
for billing their customers. The MS Access app opens Word in the
background, makes some settings (font, font size, margins, etc.) and
gets the height. It's all worked quite well for 3 or 4 years.
However, the whole thing is going to be redone for use in browsers
in asp.net with vb.net. We want to eliminate the need to use Word
for this. I'd like to write a function in vb.net for this. The whole
thing is going to be run on both Windows and Mac machines. I found
some info here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog....NET/Q_2182000
8.html
Login required. Anyway, the size of the text on which device on which
machine using which dpi settings and which font do you want to
calculate? I won't be able to give an ASP.Net specific answer but I
think the questions must be asked first.
but I'm not sure it's the correct approach. I was hoping someone
could point me in the right direction.
Armin
If you scroll down to the bottom end of the page in that URL, you'll see
answers. Login is only required for the "expert's" answers. There are other
answers that anyone can see below all the advertising. I'm not a subscriber
either and I get answers from there quite often.
Also, I should have mentioned that the font and other settings are specific
to get the length. It's not dependent on what the text comes in as. In the
Word code we're using now, I set the font to Arial 7, single spaced, 0
spacing before and after paragraphs, text width is set to 1.5 inches by
setting page size and margins. Then I can get the exact height of the text
in inches. That's pretty much wath I need to do in vb.net but without Word.
Height will be based on the same settings font, text width and paragraph
settings. In this respect it's a bit different than the question the user
had on the URL I included.
Keith
"Armin Zingler" <az*******@free net.dewrote in message
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"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne tschrieb
I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few years
ago where they need to know the height in inches of a block of text
for billing their customers. The MS Access app opens Word in the
background, makes some settings (font, font size, margins, etc.) and
gets the height. It's all worked quite well for 3 or 4 years.
However, the whole thing is going to be redone for use in browsers
in asp.net with vb.net. We want to eliminate the need to use Word
for this. I'd like to write a function in vb.net for this. The whole
thing is going to be run on both Windows and Mac machines. I found
some info here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog....NET/Q_2182000
8.html
Login required. Anyway, the size of the text on which device on which
machine using which dpi settings and which font do you want to
calculate? I won't be able to give an ASP.Net specific answer but I
think the questions must be asked first.
but I'm not sure it's the correct approach. I was hoping someone
could point me in the right direction.
Armin
why not solve the real problem ... why do they need the 'hieght' of a text
block? I assume it is for reporting and not 'Your text hiegh is 2.4 inches'
.... are you dynamically changing a report, margins, locations ... based on
this hieght? Answer that question first, and design accordingly.
Otherwise, I am not sure how you would/could go about this ... build an
label set to auto size ... fill it with text ... adjust the width ... get
the hight?
Jeff.
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne twrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
If you scroll down to the bottom end of the page in that URL, you'll see
answers. Login is only required for the "expert's" answers. There are
other
answers that anyone can see below all the advertising. I'm not a
subscriber
either and I get answers from there quite often.
Also, I should have mentioned that the font and other settings are
specific
to get the length. It's not dependent on what the text comes in as. In the
Word code we're using now, I set the font to Arial 7, single spaced, 0
spacing before and after paragraphs, text width is set to 1.5 inches by
setting page size and margins. Then I can get the exact height of the text
in inches. That's pretty much wath I need to do in vb.net but without
Word.
Height will be based on the same settings font, text width and paragraph
settings. In this respect it's a bit different than the question the user
had on the URL I included.
Keith
"Armin Zingler" <az*******@free net.dewrote in message
news:uA******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...
>"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne tschrieb
I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few years
ago where they need to know the height in inches of a block of text
for billing their customers. The MS Access app opens Word in the
background, makes some settings (font, font size, margins, etc.) and
gets the height. It's all worked quite well for 3 or 4 years.
However, the whole thing is going to be redone for use in browsers
in asp.net with vb.net. We want to eliminate the need to use Word
for this. I'd like to write a function in vb.net for this. The whole
thing is going to be run on both Windows and Mac machines. I found
some info here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog....NET/Q_2182000
8.html
Login required. Anyway, the size of the text on which device on which
machine using which dpi settings and which font do you want to
calculate? I won't be able to give an ASP.Net specific answer but I
think the questions must be asked first.
but I'm not sure it's the correct approach. I was hoping someone
could point me in the right direction.
Armin
*WRONG* ASSUMPTION!
I STATED THE *REAL* PROBLEM.
I NEED THE HEIGHT OF THE BLOCK OF TEXT.
IT'S FOR A NEWSPAPER (not that I should have to say that really).
THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY INCHES TALL THE TEXT IS FOR EACH ADVERTISEMENT
WHEN SET TO ARIAL 7 POINT, ETC.
IT'S FOR BILLING PURPOSES.
Keith
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:#r******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
>
why not solve the real problem ... why do they need the 'hieght' of a text
block? I assume it is for reporting and not 'Your text hiegh is 2.4
inches'
... are you dynamically changing a report, margins, locations ... based on
this hieght? Answer that question first, and design accordingly.
Otherwise, I am not sure how you would/could go about this ... build an
label set to auto size ... fill it with text ... adjust the width ... get
the hight?
Jeff.
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne twrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
If you scroll down to the bottom end of the page in that URL, you'll see
answers. Login is only required for the "expert's" answers. There are
other
answers that anyone can see below all the advertising. I'm not a
subscriber
either and I get answers from there quite often.
Also, I should have mentioned that the font and other settings are
specific
to get the length. It's not dependent on what the text comes in as. In
the
Word code we're using now, I set the font to Arial 7, single spaced, 0
spacing before and after paragraphs, text width is set to 1.5 inches by
setting page size and margins. Then I can get the exact height of the
text
in inches. That's pretty much wath I need to do in vb.net but without
Word.
Height will be based on the same settings font, text width and paragraph
settings. In this respect it's a bit different than the question the
user
had on the URL I included.
Keith
"Armin Zingler" <az*******@free net.dewrote in message
news:uA******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne tschrieb
I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few years
ago where they need to know the height in inches of a block of text
for billing their customers. The MS Access app opens Word in the
background, makes some settings (font, font size, margins, etc.) and
gets the height. It's all worked quite well for 3 or 4 years.
However, the whole thing is going to be redone for use in browsers
in asp.net with vb.net. We want to eliminate the need to use Word
for this. I'd like to write a function in vb.net for this. The whole
thing is going to be run on both Windows and Mac machines. I found
some info here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog....NET/Q_2182000
8.html
Login required. Anyway, the size of the text on which device on which
machine using which dpi settings and which font do you want to
calculate? I won't be able to give an ASP.Net specific answer but I
think the questions must be asked first.
but I'm not sure it's the correct approach. I was hoping someone
could point me in the right direction.
Armin
thanks for pointing that out ...
webservice ... use same logic you have today ... install word on the web
server ... if you have control of installations on the web server.
or use the approach outlined in the noted document ... again, wrap it up in
a webservice.
Jeff.
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne twrote in message
news:OB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
*WRONG* ASSUMPTION!
I STATED THE *REAL* PROBLEM.
I NEED THE HEIGHT OF THE BLOCK OF TEXT.
IT'S FOR A NEWSPAPER (not that I should have to say that really).
THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY INCHES TALL THE TEXT IS FOR EACH ADVERTISEMENT
WHEN SET TO ARIAL 7 POINT, ETC.
IT'S FOR BILLING PURPOSES.
Keith
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:#r******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
>>
why not solve the real problem ... why do they need the 'hieght' of a
text
block? I assume it is for reporting and not 'Your text hiegh is 2.4
inches'
>... are you dynamically changing a report, margins, locations ... based
on
this hieght? Answer that question first, and design accordingly.
Otherwise, I am not sure how you would/could go about this ... build an
label set to auto size ... fill it with text ... adjust the width ... get
the hight?
Jeff.
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne twrote in message
news:%2******* *********@TK2MS FTNGP02.phx.gbl ...
If you scroll down to the bottom end of the page in that URL, you'll
see
answers. Login is only required for the "expert's" answers. There are
other
answers that anyone can see below all the advertising. I'm not a
subscriber
either and I get answers from there quite often.
Also, I should have mentioned that the font and other settings are
specific
to get the length. It's not dependent on what the text comes in as. In
the
Word code we're using now, I set the font to Arial 7, single spaced, 0
spacing before and after paragraphs, text width is set to 1.5 inches by
setting page size and margins. Then I can get the exact height of the
text
in inches. That's pretty much wath I need to do in vb.net but without
Word.
Height will be based on the same settings font, text width and
paragraph
settings. In this respect it's a bit different than the question the
user
had on the URL I included.
Keith
"Armin Zingler" <az*******@free net.dewrote in message
news:uA******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne tschrieb
I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few years
ago where they need to know the height in inches of a block of text
for billing their customers. The MS Access app opens Word in the
background, makes some settings (font, font size, margins, etc.) and
gets the height. It's all worked quite well for 3 or 4 years.
However, the whole thing is going to be redone for use in browsers
in asp.net with vb.net. We want to eliminate the need to use Word
for this. I'd like to write a function in vb.net for this. The whole
thing is going to be run on both Windows and Mac machines. I found
some info here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog....NET/Q_2182000
8.html
Login required. Anyway, the size of the text on which device on which
machine using which dpi settings and which font do you want to
calculate? I won't be able to give an ASP.Net specific answer but I
think the questions must be asked first.
but I'm not sure it's the correct approach. I was hoping someone
could point me in the right direction.
Armin
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne tschrieb
I set the font to Arial 7, single spaced, 0
Ummm.. isn't the height = 7 points? (=7/72" inch = 0,0972 inches)
Sry, no more time ATM.
Armin
On 28 Mai, 15:09, "Keith G Hicks" <k...@comcast.n etwrote:
I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few years ago
where they need to know the height in inches of a block of text for billing
Hi there,
I once did this. We had an application which sized the object
containing some text too small. So the text was out of bound. I
calculated the size of the text and adjusted the size of the object.
You can do this using API calls. http://www.filesite.org/viewtopic.php?t=1319&highlight=
Michael
Should not run Word from server. I was originally going to do that but
everything I read says that's a very bad thing to do. Apparently all sorts
of problems occur. There's even a page on the MS website where they say that
this should not be done as Word is not designed to be run from the server. I
don't remember where that is but they strongly advise against it.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:e#******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...
>
thanks for pointing that out ...
webservice ... use same logic you have today ... install word on the web
server ... if you have control of installations on the web server.
or use the approach outlined in the noted document ... again, wrap it up
in
a webservice.
Jeff.
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne twrote in message
news:OB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
*WRONG* ASSUMPTION!
I STATED THE *REAL* PROBLEM.
I NEED THE HEIGHT OF THE BLOCK OF TEXT.
IT'S FOR A NEWSPAPER (not that I should have to say that really).
THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY INCHES TALL THE TEXT IS FOR EACH
ADVERTISEMENT
WHEN SET TO ARIAL 7 POINT, ETC.
IT'S FOR BILLING PURPOSES.
Keith
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:#r******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
>
why not solve the real problem ... why do they need the 'hieght' of a
text
block? I assume it is for reporting and not 'Your text hiegh is 2.4
inches'
... are you dynamically changing a report, margins, locations ... based
on
this hieght? Answer that question first, and design accordingly.
Otherwise, I am not sure how you would/could go about this ... build an
label set to auto size ... fill it with text ... adjust the width ...
get
the hight?
Jeff.
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne twrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
If you scroll down to the bottom end of the page in that URL, you'll
see
answers. Login is only required for the "expert's" answers. There are
other
answers that anyone can see below all the advertising. I'm not a
subscriber
either and I get answers from there quite often.
Also, I should have mentioned that the font and other settings are
specific
to get the length. It's not dependent on what the text comes in as.
In
the
Word code we're using now, I set the font to Arial 7, single spaced,
0
spacing before and after paragraphs, text width is set to 1.5 inches
by
setting page size and margins. Then I can get the exact height of the
text
in inches. That's pretty much wath I need to do in vb.net but without
Word.
Height will be based on the same settings font, text width and
paragraph
settings. In this respect it's a bit different than the question the
user
had on the URL I included.
Keith
"Armin Zingler" <az*******@free net.dewrote in message
news:uA******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...
"Keith G Hicks" <kr*@comcast.ne tschrieb
I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few
years
ago where they need to know the height in inches of a block of
text
for billing their customers. The MS Access app opens Word in the
background, makes some settings (font, font size, margins, etc.)
and
gets the height. It's all worked quite well for 3 or 4 years.
However, the whole thing is going to be redone for use in browsers
in asp.net with vb.net. We want to eliminate the need to use Word
for this. I'd like to write a function in vb.net for this. The
whole
thing is going to be run on both Windows and Mac machines. I found
some info here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog....NET/Q_2182000
8.html
Login required. Anyway, the size of the text on which device on
which
machine using which dpi settings and which font do you want to
calculate? I won't be able to give an ASP.Net specific answer but I
think the questions must be asked first.
but I'm not sure it's the correct approach. I was hoping someone
could point me in the right direction.
Armin
Thanks Michael. This looks promising. I'll look into it later today.
Keith
"Michael Leithold, WWK" <mi************ ******@googlema il.comwrote in
message
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On 28 Mai, 15:09, "Keith G Hicks" <k...@comcast.n etwrote:
I have a client that I wrote an MS Access app for quite a few years ago
where they need to know the height in inches of a block of text for
billing
>
Hi there,
I once did this. We had an application which sized the object
containing some text too small. So the text was out of bound. I
calculated the size of the text and adjusted the size of the object.
You can do this using API calls.
http://www.filesite.org/viewtopic.php?t=1319&highlight=
Michael
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