Re: Text Extent?

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From: Marc Rohloff TeamB
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:43

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On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:06:32 -0400, Ron Sawyer wrote:

> I am using C# to do some graphics development.  I have to output a small
> graphic to a canvas and center a string under it.  In the windows API world
> I would get the extent of the text (I think it was called GetTextExtent or
> something similar, I'd have to look it up.)  I would use the resultant width
> and height to help me center the text output.

Get hold of a Graphics object and call the MeasureString method.

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Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
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