TextWidth Function    

Calculate the width of a string of text.

 

    

Syntax		  

[C#]
int TextWidth(string text)

[Visual Basic]
Function TextWidth(text As String) As Integer

 

    

Params		  
Name Description
text The text
return The width of the text in 1000ths.

 

    

Notes		  

This function caculates the width for a given text string.

The value returned is measured in thousandths of a unit. So to calculate the physical size on the page multiply the returned value by the font size and divide by one thousand.

 

    

Example		  

None.