String Width and Height in pixels for any given Font

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From: Rodolfo Frino
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 02:56

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Does anyone know how to obtain the text width and height in pixels,
accurately,
using API's?

For example

AnsiString S = "1234567890 AaBbCcWwXxYyZz";
(or the equivalent C string)

I have used GetTextMetrics(), but I don't know whether there is something
better or more accurate since with this API I can get the Average Char Width
and
Maximun Char Width but not the actual string width.

TIA
Rodolfo

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