Get the 'size' of a line of text to set width of control

[Tom]

I want to get the 'size' of a line of text so that I can set the width of a
control to show all that text. For instance, say my text is 'The dog chased
the cat around the room' and I want to set a Button control's width equal to
the length of this text so that all the text shows up on the button (I know,
some controls have auto-sizing, but I need to do this manually at run time).

How can one determine and translate the 'size' of a text string into the
proper width for a control? Thanks.

Tom

[jim]

Hi Tom, try this...

\\
Dim txt As String = "My shoes are too tight!"
Dim g As Graphics = myButton.CreateGraphics
Dim controlSize As SizeF = g.MeasureString(txt, selectGrid.Font)

myButton.Width = CInt(controlSize.Width) ' option strict on requires
this cast
myButton.Height = CInt(controlSize.Height)
myButton.Text = txt
//

hope this helps,

jim
"Tom" <to*@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I want to get the 'size' of a line of text so that I can set the width of a control to show all that text. For instance, say my text is 'The dog chased the cat around the room' and I want to set a Button control's width equal to the length of this text so that all the text shows up on the button (I know, some controls have auto-sizing, but I need to do this manually at run time).
How can one determine and translate the 'size' of a text string into the
proper width for a control? Thanks.

Tom

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Tom" <to*@nospam.com> scripsit:

I want to get the 'size' of a line of text so that I can set the width of a
control to show all that text. For instance, say my text is 'The dog chased
the cat around the room' and I want to set a Button control's width equal to
the length of this text so that all the text shows up on the button (I know,
some controls have auto-sizing, but I need to do this manually at run time).

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

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>