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
'Usage
Dim instance As Printer
Dim text As String
Dim returnValue As Single
returnValue = instance.TextWidth(text)
public float TextWidth(
string text
)
public:
float TextWidth(
String^ text
)
public function TextWidth(
text : String
) : float
Parameters
text
Type: System.StringThe String to be measured.
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 2008. 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
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6 Namespace
Other Resources
How to: Fix Upgrade Errors by Using the Printer Compatibility Library (Visual Basic)
Deploying Applications That Reference the Printer Compatibility Library