Colwidth and Characters - Xtreme Visual Basic Talk

11-27-2003, 06:49 AM

VeRiTo

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Colwidth and Characters

Hi people! I have a mshflexgrid control and i want to know how to relate colwidth with amount of characters that fit there! Any idea? Thank´s!

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11-27-2003, 07:08 AM

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Use the TextWidth() method of the current Form.

For more sizing examples have a look at the FlexGrid Functions in the Code Library

11-27-2003, 07:32 AM

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Thanks FlyGuy!!!
But i have another problem, textWidth depends on the font size. I use always the same font but i have to use textwidth function in a class (in a dll), what can i do?

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11-27-2003, 07:42 AM

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Use the GetTextExtentPoint32 API. If you want to be able to specify the font and whatnot, look also at the following APIs:

CreateCompatibleDC
CreateFont
SelectObject
DeleteObject (this one is very very important)

There's probably an example out there (maybe PlanetSourceCode.com) of using this API, so take a look around.

11-27-2003, 07:48 AM

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I will check this out! Thank´s both!

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