DataGridViewCell.MeasureTextSize Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Gets the height and width of the specified text given the specified characteristics.

public:
 static System::Drawing::Size MeasureTextSize(System::Drawing::Graphics ^ graphics, System::String ^ text, System::Drawing::Font ^ font, System::Windows::Forms::TextFormatFlags flags);

public static System.Drawing.Size MeasureTextSize (System.Drawing.Graphics graphics, string text, System.Drawing.Font font, System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags flags);

public static System.Drawing.Size MeasureTextSize (System.Drawing.Graphics graphics, string? text, System.Drawing.Font font, System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags flags);

static member MeasureTextSize : System.Drawing.Graphics * string * System.Drawing.Font * System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags -> System.Drawing.Size

Public Shared Function MeasureTextSize (graphics As Graphics, text As String, font As Font, flags As TextFormatFlags) As Size

Parameters

graphics: Graphics

The Graphics used to render the text.

text: String

The text to measure.

font: Font

The Font applied to the text.

flags: TextFormatFlags

A bitwise combination of TextFormatFlags values to apply to the text.

Returns

Size

A Size representing the height and width of the text.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

graphics is null.

-or-

font is null.

InvalidEnumArgumentException

flags is not a valid bitwise combination of TextFormatFlags values.

Remarks

If multiple lines are required and the specified formatting allows it, the size returned includes the combined height of all lines.

Applies to