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Found my own answer after trial and error:
This isn't terribly universal but it suits my needs:

#define FRAMEWIDTH 300   // these are the heights at my preferred resolution

#define FRAMEHEIGHT 49

TDefaultGUIFont sysfont = TDefaultGUIFont();
   TEXTMETRIC tm = sysfont.GetTextMetrics();
 TSize size;
   ((TGadgetWindow*)sb)->GetDesiredSize(size);            // sb is the
TStatusBar
    frame->Attr.W = FRAMEWIDTH/5  * tm.tmAveCharWidth;   // 5 is the char
width at preferred res.
  frame->Attr.H = FRAMEHEIGHT + size.cy;

ideally this would dynamically size the menu, but idealism is a dangerous
thing....




actech1 wrote:

> I have a TFrameWindow with an assigned menu. wfShrinkToClient causes the
> window to shrink smaller than the menu width. (The Window is otherwise
> empty).
>
> I can hard code a width and it will work fine. However, when used on a
> higher resolution display, part of the menu is chopped off on the right
> side. I suspect this is caused by the fixed pixel width and the Menu
> using a greater number of pixels to maintain the large font size.
>
> Is there a way to retreive the desired menu width so that I can use this
> to resize the window dynamically
>
> tia