Re: How to know the size in pixels???

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From: Vincent Nuijten
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:00

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hi

the following clears your problem:

width = this.getFontMetrics(this.getFont()).stringWidth(str);

greetings
casper

David V�squez Estrada wrote in message <37B18BC5.FDC58523@ucbcba.edu.bo>...
>Hi,
>
>I�m trying to know the size in pixels of a string that will be the text
>of a JLabel.
>At this time I can know the number of characters and the current font
>size, but the result of:   (number of characters * current Font size) is
>bigger than the required.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>David
>

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