Topic: String & Pixels (Read 5037 times)

MMR · « **on:** July 03, 2005, 03:41:24 PM »

How can we know/calculate the size/length (in pixels) of a string using a determinate font?? e.g. to center a string (that changes it content) in the middle of the screen.

Nihil · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2005, 10:25:07 PM »

I guess you could use the Length-attribute of strings and multiply it with the width of the characters, but that would only work with bitmap-fonts, don't know how to get the size of TTFs.

McCoy · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2005, 12:10:54 AM »

Mhh... one thing that comes to my mind is to put the string inside a static control, then use the .SizeToFit() to automatically change its size to the string length. Then you just read the .width attribute of the static control, and voilá!

. And this way it will work with TTF and bitmap fonts.

MMR · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2005, 12:12:02 AM »

Good idea McCoy

thanks

I'm using TTF fonts

Mnemonic · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2005, 09:16:29 AM »

Yes, SizeToFit() is the (only) way to go.

MMR · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2005, 12:58:30 PM »

Yep, it works fine. Just what I needed

McCoy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2005, 08:38:51 PM »

I'm not sure, but I think this method is used for the pointed object caption in the WME demo.

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