DataGridViewCell.MeasureTextWidth Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets the width, in pixels, of the specified text given the specified characteristics.

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

public static int MeasureTextWidth (System.Drawing.Graphics graphics, string text, System.Drawing.Font font, int maxHeight, System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags flags);

static member MeasureTextWidth : System.Drawing.Graphics * string * System.Drawing.Font * int * System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags -> int

Public Shared Function MeasureTextWidth (graphics As Graphics, text As String, font As Font, maxHeight As Integer, flags As TextFormatFlags) As Integer

Parameters

graphics

Graphics

The Graphics used to render the text.

text

String

The text to measure.

font

Font

The Font applied to the text.

maxHeight

Int32

The maximum height of the text.

flags

TextFormatFlags

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

Returns

Int32

The width, in pixels, of the text.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

graphics is null.

-or-

font is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

maxHeight is less than 1.

InvalidEnumArgumentException

flags is not a valid bitwise combination of TextFormatFlags values.

See also

• DataGridView