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Printer.TextWidth Method

Returns the width of a text string as it would be printed in the current font.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function TextWidth ( _
    text As String _
) As Single
public float TextWidth(
    string text
)
public:
float TextWidth(
    String^ text
)
member TextWidth : 
        text:string -> float32 
public function TextWidth(
    text : String
) : float

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Single
Returns a Single

Remarks

The width is expressed in units of measurement specified by the ScaleMode property setting or the Scale method coordinate system in effect for the Printer object. Use TextWidth to determine the amount of horizontal space that is required to display the text. If the string contains embedded carriage returns, TextWidth returns the width of the longest line.

Note

Functions and objects in the Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6 namespace are provided for use by the tools for upgrading from Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic 2010. In most cases, these functions and objects duplicate functionality that you can find in other namespaces in the .NET Framework. They are necessary only when the Visual Basic 6.0 code model differs significantly from the .NET Framework implementation.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the use of the TextHeight and TextWidth methods.

Dim Printer As New Printer
Dim msg As String = "String to measure"
Printer.Print(Printer.TextHeight(msg) & " by " & _
    Printer.TextWidth(msg) & " twips")
Printer.EndDoc()

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Printer Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6 Namespace

Other Resources

Printer Compatibility Library

How to: Fix Upgrade Errors by Using the Printer Compatibility Library (Visual Basic)

Deploying Applications That Reference the Printer Compatibility Library