What's the text's size (PIXEL) when I know the FONT & FONT's SIZE (PT/IN) ?

[NiUser 543]

I would like to know what's the place (in PIXEL) occuped by a suite of characters in a zone of text (TextBox, String...) when I know the FONT and the FONT's SIZE (POINT) like 'Courrer 12 pt'.
The aim is to limit dynamically the number of characters written (for all possible fonts) in the zone even if there are no limit fixed in the widget (line's length, wrap,...).

Thanks.

[JuanCarlos]

Hi,

There is a function to get that information: GetTextDisplaySize(); the font parameter is a metafon that contains the information on font, size and style. You can use the CreateMetaFont() to create the metafont with the information and pass it to the GetTextDisplaySize(). Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Juan Carlos
N.I.

[NiUser 543]

Thanks a lot for your reply. It's fine !

I 'm working on a generic "lib", so I suppose that
if I "create" a new font, I must "destroy" it when
the created font become useless.

How destroy a font build by 'CreateMetaFont()' ?