Width of string w/specific Font object

[Bucky]

How can I get the width, in pixels, of a string of a certain Font object?

 

I want to be able to DrawText directly outside the left-hand side of a form, but I can't do so if I don't know the width of the text.

 

If there's no solution, I guess I can have an invisible, AutoSizing label, set its font and Text properties, then find the Width property. (cheesier than a Domino's pizza, I know) :)

[Thinker]

With VB6, it would be a simple matter of using the Form.TextWidth

but they did away with that in .net. If you are using the

Graphics.Drawstring method, there are overloaded versions that

have a RectangleF parameter. I think you could use that to set

the area where your text is drawn.

[divil]

Use the Graphics.MeasureString method

[Thinker]

This is so frustrating. That looks like a great replacement for the

TextWidth, but MSDN.net makes no mention of it in the areas

talking about what methods to use to replace ones that don't

exist anymore. (See Graphics Changes in Visual Basic .NET)

[divil]

Yes, tell me about it. They provide a helpful statement saying everything to do with graphics has changed, but no further detail. Actually, taking a good look at the methods and properties of the Graphics class pretty much explains it all.

[Bucky]

I did a Google on this first, and I found this page, but it says use RectangleF. But how can I use the rectangle if I don't know the size to beign with!? *sigh*

 

/me kicks MSDN

 

Anyway, thanx a lot Divil, that's perfect. :)