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Purpose

Calculates the width and height of a text.

Type

Function

Syntax

bfntSizeText(

<cText>,

[<oFont | hFont>],

[<lWordBreak>],

[<lPrefix>],

[<iWidthMax>],

[<hDC>]

) Æ oSize

Arguments

<cText>The text, whose width and height are to be calculated.
Data type:String

 

<oFont>, <hFont>The font to which the width and height are to be calculated. As a default, the standard font of Microsoft Windows is used.
Data type:Font | Ptr

 

<lWordBreak>A logical value that indicates whether the text is to be break with reaching the width <iWidthMax>. As a default, the value FALSE is used.
Data type:Logic

 

<lPrefix>A logical value that indicates whether the character '&' in the text serves to underline the following character. If this is the case, it is not considered with the calculation of the text expansion. As a default, the value FALSE is used.
Data type:Logic

 

<iWidthMax>The maximum width that can be achieved by the text. If the width of the text is greater and the argument <lWordBreak> contains the value TRUE, the text is broken on the indicated width. As a default, the value 0 is used.
Data type:DWord

 

<hDC>The device context in which the width and height of the text are to be calculated. As a default, the device context of the display is used.
Data type:Ptr

Return Value

oSizeThe calculated width and height of the text.
Data type:Dimension

Description

The function bfntSizeText() calculated the width and height of the specified text.

 


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