Re: Dynamically calculating MinTextWidth

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Sergey Tkachenko

Posted: 11/15/2002 12:48:05

Canvas.TextWidth(string)

> Hello,

>

> I'm using TRichView to display 132 column text-based reports, using a

> non-proportional font (courier new) so that columns line up.  I don't

> want the lines to wrap, since that is unreadable, so I'm setting

> MinTextWidth to a value that works well.  However, the user has the

> option to change the font size, and when she increases the font size the

> MinTextWidth is too small, and the lines wrap.  Is there a way to

> calculate the size in pixels of a line of text for a given

> font/fontsize?  Or is there a better way of accomplishing what I'm

> trying to do?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Jim Gallagher

> Zenia Software, Inc.