text width of a string at a certain font size

[ray well]

hi,

in order to place a string of text at a specific place on a printed page, i
need to know its width in pixels at a certain font size. in vb6 there used
to be a function something like 'TextWidth' to which you would feed a string
and get its width.

how can i do this in vb net?

thanks

ray

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[steve]

have a look at system.drawing...specifically the RectangleF arg of the
DrawString method.

hth,

steve

"ray well" <no****@nospam.com> wrote in message
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hi,

in order to place a string of text at a specific place on a printed page, i need to know its width in pixels at a certain font size. in vb6 there used
to be a function something like 'TextWidth' to which you would feed a string and get its width.

how can i do this in vb net?

thanks

ray

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[Fergus Cooney]

Hi Ray,

The 'TextWidth' equivalent in .NET is called MeasureString and it's a
member of the Graphics class. You may find, however, that using DrawString in
the manner that Steve suggests, means not needing to be concerned about the
width.

Regards,
Fergus

[Justin Weinberg]

Just to clarify a bit.

Using DrawString with the RectangleF argument causes the string to wrap to
the bounds specified in the Rectangle. Using drawstring with X, Y
coordinates will draw it across the page until it runs out of text.

If you're just trying to layout some text on a surface or a printdocument,
and the font is fixed, check out our product, GDI+ Architect at
www.mrgsoft.com. There's a 15 day trial and you may get all the info you
need trying different things out within the trial period and looking at the
generated System.Drawing code.

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hi,

in order to place a string of text at a specific place on a printed page, i need to know its width in pixels at a certain font size. in vb6 there used
to be a function something like 'TextWidth' to which you would feed a string and get its width.

how can i do this in vb net?

thanks

ray

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "ray well" <no****@nospam.com> scripsit:

in order to place a string of text at a specific place on a printed page, i
need to know its width in pixels at a certain font size. in vb6 there used
to be a function something like 'TextWidth' to which you would feed a string
and get its width.

Have a look at the 'Graphics.MeasureString' method.

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>