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  • Jack Russell
    #1

    Calculating text width when printing

    Any bright ideas on how I can calculate how wide a piece of text will be
    when printing.
    When writing text to the screen in graphics mode I put it in a invisible
    text box to get its height and width (as suggested on this group).
    But obviously I cannot do that with the printer.

    Thanks
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    • Armin Zingler
      #2
      Re: Calculating text width when printing

      "Jack Russell" <jackr@norubbis h.tpg.com.au> schrieb[color=blue]
      > Any bright ideas on how I can calculate how wide a piece of text
      > will be when printing.
      > When writing text to the screen in graphics mode I put it in a
      > invisible text box to get its height and width (as suggested on this
      > group). But obviously I cannot do that with the printer.[/color]

      Call a graphics object's MeasureString method. In the
      PrintDocument.P rintPage event, you get it in e.graphics.
      Before printing you get it from
      System.Drawing. Printing.Printe rSettings.Creat eMeasurementGra phics.

      Armin

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        • Jack Russell
          #3
          Re: Calculating text width when printing

          Armin Zingler wrote:[color=blue]
          > "Jack Russell" <jackr@norubbis h.tpg.com.au> schrieb
          >[color=green]
          >> Any bright ideas on how I can calculate how wide a piece of text
          >> will be when printing.
          >> When writing text to the screen in graphics mode I put it in a
          >> invisible text box to get its height and width (as suggested on this
          >> group). But obviously I cannot do that with the printer.[/color]
          >
          >
          > Call a graphics object's MeasureString method. In the
          > PrintDocument.P rintPage event, you get it in e.graphics.
          > Before printing you get it from
          > System.Drawing. Printing.Printe rSettings.Creat eMeasurementGra phics.
          >
          > Armin
          >[/color]
          But dont' you have to put the string somewhere to measure it. If I put
          it on the printer how do I get it off if it is too long (or am I missing
          something basic here?).

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            • Armin Zingler
              #4
              Re: Calculating text width when printing

              "Jack Russell" <jackr@norubbis h.tpg.com.au> schrieb[color=blue]
              > Armin Zingler wrote:[color=green]
              > > "Jack Russell" <jackr@norubbis h.tpg.com.au> schrieb
              > >[color=darkred]
              > > > Any bright ideas on how I can calculate how wide a piece of text
              > > > will be when printing.
              > > > When writing text to the screen in graphics mode I put it in a
              > > > invisible text box to get its height and width (as suggested on
              > > > this group). But obviously I cannot do that with the printer.[/color]
              > >
              > >
              > > Call a graphics object's MeasureString method. In the
              > > PrintDocument.P rintPage event, you get it in e.graphics.
              > > Before printing you get it from
              > > System.Drawing. Printing.Printe rSettings.Creat eMeasurementGra phics.
              > >
              > > Armin
              > >[/color]
              > But dont' you have to put the string somewhere to measure it. If I
              > put it on the printer how do I get it off if it is too long (or am I
              > missing something basic here?).[/color]

              You only have to put it in the call to the function. The function returns
              the size. Then you can check the size to see whether it's too long.

              Armin

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                • Jack Russell
                  #5
                  Re: Calculating text width when printing

                  Armin Zingler wrote:[color=blue]
                  > "Jack Russell" <jackr@norubbis h.tpg.com.au> schrieb
                  >[color=green]
                  >> Armin Zingler wrote:[color=darkred]
                  >> > "Jack Russell" <jackr@norubbis h.tpg.com.au> schrieb
                  >> >
                  >> > > Any bright ideas on how I can calculate how wide a piece of text
                  >> > > will be when printing.
                  >> > > When writing text to the screen in graphics mode I put it in a
                  >> > > invisible text box to get its height and width (as suggested on
                  >> > > this group). But obviously I cannot do that with the printer.
                  >> >
                  >> >
                  >> > Call a graphics object's MeasureString method. In the
                  >> > PrintDocument.P rintPage event, you get it in e.graphics.
                  >> > Before printing you get it from
                  >> > System.Drawing. Printing.Printe rSettings.Creat eMeasurementGra phics.
                  >> >
                  >> > Armin
                  >> >[/color]
                  >> But dont' you have to put the string somewhere to measure it. If I
                  >> put it on the printer how do I get it off if it is too long (or am I
                  >> missing something basic here?).[/color]
                  >
                  >
                  > You only have to put it in the call to the function. The function
                  > returns the size. Then you can check the size to see whether it's too long.
                  >
                  > Armin
                  >[/color]
                  Thanks,
                  There is something about .net that makes me miss the obvious!

                  Jack

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