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Form::GetAutoScaleSize Method (Font^)

.NET Framework (current version)
 
Note: This API is now obsolete.

Gets the size when autoscaling the form based on a specified font.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

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[ObsoleteAttribute("This method has been deprecated. Use the AutoScaleDimensions property instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")]
static SizeF GetAutoScaleSize(
	Font^ font
)

Parameters

font
Type: System.Drawing::Font^

A Font representing the font to determine the autoscaled base size of the form.

Return Value

Type: System.Drawing::SizeF

A SizeF representing the autoscaled size of the form.

System_CAPS_importantImportant

The GetAutoScaleSize method is obsolete in.NET Framework version 2.0. This member has been retained for backward compatibility. For more information about automatic scaling, see Automatic Scaling in Windows Forms.

You can use this method to determine the size a form would autoscale to for a specific font before applying the font to the form. If you want to determine the size a form is autoscaled to based on the font currently assigned to the form, use the AutoScaleBaseSize property.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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