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Todd
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 measure string Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a string? I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue, but I never found a workaround. thanks,
todd
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 02:33:57 GMT |
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Herfried K. Wagne
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measure string Hello Todd,
Quote: > Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a string?
> I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be
> accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue, but
> I never found a workaround.
Have a look at the value of MeasureString's stringFormat parameter. Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:05:28 GMT |
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Todd
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measure string i looked at it, but i'm not really sure what i'm looking for. do you have a complete example? Quote: >-----Original Message----- >Hello Todd,
>> Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a
string?
>> I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be
>> accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue,
but
>> I never found a workaround.
>Have a look at the value of MeasureString's stringFormat
parameter.
>Regards,
>Herfried K. Wagner
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:58:53 GMT |
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Vincent Wiege
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measure string Can you show some code, I am not clear on what you mean by correct size and accurate. Are you using a fixed with font?
Quote: > Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a string? > I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be > accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue, but > I never found a workaround. > thanks,
> todd
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:01:46 GMT |
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Todd
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measure string I found this code in another newsgroup. So, I'm not sure if I'm using it correctly. To test it, I just filled up a text box, label, etc., where i decided the size. However, the resulting calculation was off. dim g as Graphics
g = me.CreateGraphics
Dim sf as New StringFormate
(StringFormat.GenericTypographic)
Dim sz as SizeF = g.MeasureString("Some text", Me.Font, 0,
sf)
return sz.Width
Quote: >-----Original Message----- >Can you show some code, I am not clear on what you mean by correct size and >accurate. Are you using a fixed with font?
>> Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a
string?
>> I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be
>> accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue,
but
>> I never found a workaround.
>> thanks,
>> todd
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:19:08 GMT |
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Vincent Wiege
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measure string Todd, I still don't understand what your using GDI+ for the size for?
Please explain what your indication of not accurate is ('abc' returns a
different size than 'ijk') ?
Quote: > >> Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a string?
Do you mean the length as in how many characters are in the string? Vince
Quote: > I found this code in another newsgroup. So, I'm not sure > if I'm using it correctly. To test it, I just filled up a > text box, label, etc., where i decided the size. However, > the resulting calculation was off. > dim g as Graphics
> g = me.CreateGraphics
> Dim sf as New StringFormate
> (StringFormat.GenericTypographic)
> Dim sz as SizeF = g.MeasureString("Some text", Me.Font, 0,
> sf)
> return sz.Width
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Can you show some code, I am not clear on what you mean
> by correct size and
> >accurate. Are you using a fixed with font?
> >> Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a
> string?
> >> I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be
> >> accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue,
> but
> >> I never found a workaround.
> >> thanks,
> >> todd
> >.
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:01:53 GMT |
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Tom Spin
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measure string Do you mean the pixel-width of the string? Or the actual number of characters inside it? ' Number of characters:
Dim intLength As Integer
Dim strMyString As String = "Hello"
intLength = Len(strMyString)
MsgBox(intLength)
Displays: 5
--
==============================================
Happy to Help,
Tom Spink
http://dotnetx.betasafe.com > .NET code (soon)
One Day,
Quote: > Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a string? > I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be > accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue, but > I never found a workaround. > thanks,
> todd
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:52:10 GMT |
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Ron Alle
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measure string Todd, The default StringFormat used for MeasureString includes 'padding' around the whole string which is why you want to use StringFormat.GenericTypographic. Even this can be off by a pixel or so at times. See past discussions in microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.drawing on this subject. Note that if you need to measure trailing spaces you will have to create your own StringFormat object and set the appropriate StringFormatFlags item on it. Also you have to draw with the same StringFormat used for measuring if you are using this for placement purposes. Ron Allen
Quote: > I found this code in another newsgroup. So, I'm not sure > if I'm using it correctly. To test it, I just filled up a > text box, label, etc., where i decided the size. However, > the resulting calculation was off. > dim g as Graphics
> g = me.CreateGraphics
> Dim sf as New StringFormate
> (StringFormat.GenericTypographic)
> Dim sz as SizeF = g.MeasureString("Some text", Me.Font, 0,
> sf)
> return sz.Width
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Can you show some code, I am not clear on what you mean
> by correct size and
> >accurate. Are you using a fixed with font?
> >> Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a
> string?
> >> I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be
> >> accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue,
> but
> >> I never found a workaround.
> >> thanks,
> >> todd
> >.
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:55:41 GMT |
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Todd
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measure string pixel width Quote: >-----Original Message----- >Do you mean the pixel-width of the string? Or the actual number of >characters inside it? >' Number of characters:
>Dim intLength As Integer
>Dim strMyString As String = "Hello"
>intLength = Len(strMyString)
>MsgBox(intLength)
>Displays: 5
>--
>==============================================
>Happy to Help,
>Tom Spink
>http://dotnetx.betasafe.com > .NET code (soon)
>One Day,
>> Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a
string?
>> I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be
>> accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue,
but
>> I never found a workaround.
>> thanks,
>> todd
>.
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:02:16 GMT |
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Tom Spin
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measure string In which case, just do the following: Dim strText = "The String Being Measured"
Dim g As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics
Dim sfSize As SizeF = g.MeasureString(strText, Me.Font)
MsgBox("Width: " & sfSize.Width & vbCrLf & "Height: " & sfSize.Height)
--
==============================================
Happy to Help,
Tom Spink
http://dotnetx.betasafe.com > .NET code (soon)
One Day,
Quote: > pixel width > >-----Original Message-----
> >Do you mean the pixel-width of the string? Or the actual
> number of
> >characters inside it?
> >' Number of characters:
> >Dim intLength As Integer
> >Dim strMyString As String = "Hello"
> >intLength = Len(strMyString)
> >MsgBox(intLength)
> >Displays: 5
> >--
> >==============================================
> >Happy to Help,
> >Tom Spink
> >http://dotnetx.betasafe.com > .NET code (soon)
> >One Day,
> >> Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a
> string?
> >> I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be
> >> accurate. I've noticed others have had the same issue,
> but
> >> I never found a workaround.
> >> thanks,
> >> todd
> >.
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| Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:45:01 GMT |
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Todd
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measure string I started with that. When I test it, it's not accurate. Here's why:
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/measurestring.asp
This article contains 2 workarounds. The first one seems
to work, but the second gives the same result using your
technique. So, I'll probably use the first one. Anyways,
thanks for the help.
todd
Quote: >-----Original Message----- >In which case, just do the following: >Dim strText = "The String Being Measured"
>Dim g As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics
>Dim sfSize As SizeF = g.MeasureString(strText, Me.Font)
>MsgBox("Width: " & sfSize.Width & vbCrLf & "Height: " &
sfSize.Height)
>--
>==============================================
>Happy to Help,
>Tom Spink
>http://dotnetx.betasafe.com > .NET code (soon)
>One Day,
>> pixel width
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Do you mean the pixel-width of the string? Or the
actual
>> number of
>> >characters inside it?
>> >' Number of characters:
>> >Dim intLength As Integer
>> >Dim strMyString As String = "Hello"
>> >intLength = Len(strMyString)
>> >MsgBox(intLength)
>> >Displays: 5
>> >--
>> >==============================================
>> >Happy to Help,
>> >Tom Spink
>> >http://dotnetx.betasafe.com > .NET code (soon)
>> >One Day,
>> >> Does anyone know how to get the correct size of a
>> string?
>> >> I've tried MeasureString, and it doesn't seem to be
>> >> accurate. I've noticed others have had the same
issue,
>> but
>> >> I never found a workaround.
>> >> thanks,
>> >> todd
>> >.
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