Size of String in Pixels?

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Anyone know how to get the size of a string in pixels? I dont need the number of characters in the sting. I need the size of the string in pixels. I know this is complicated by the fact that the font type and size and other variables could change. I need to check the size in pixels after it has been formatted. lol.
Thanks.

2

Please create a dummy picture, set the font you need and then query graphics.TextWidth.

See
https://documentation.xojo.com/api/graphics/graphics.html#graphics-textwidth

3

Awesome. Sounds very easy. Thank you.

4

As soon as I set some of the graphics properties, it quits functioning correctly. Here is my code.

Var d As Double
Var p As New Picture(100, 100, 32)

// Remove these 4 lines and it works.
p.Graphics.FontName = sFontName
p.Graphics.FontSize = iFontSize
p.Graphics.Bold = bFontBold
p.Graphics.Italic = bFontItalic

d = p.Graphics.TextWidth(sStringIn)
Return d

Im passing in correct values in the variable. I need to be able to tell it what size font and the name of the font and other stuff. Does this look correct? Thanks.

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Note that this may work locally on your PC or Mac, because the fonts are there.

However, if and when you upload this code to a Linux host, the fonts must be added there, otherwise it won’t work.

This may help: https://www.howtogeek.com/769894/how-to-install-google-and-microsoft-fonts-on-linux/

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