Adding Controls at Runtime **SOLVED**

Hey all,

I am adding some LinkedLabels to my Form at runtime.
If I am adding a text to it:

Code:

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LinkLabel myLabel = new LinkLabel();
myLabel.Text=fileName;

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and next I want to set the width Object to exactly the length of the text, how would I do that?

Code:

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myLabel.Width = myLabel.Text.Length;

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does not work, since text.length only returns the number of Characters contained in that string.

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks,

Stephan

Look up Graphics.MeasureString. May be more work than you feel like putting into it though. If the string size isn't truly random (i.e., it tends to fit within a set of parameters) you could do some design time measurements and work from there.

How can I use the Graphics class?

This aint working

Code:

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System.Drawing.Graphics myGraphics = new Graphics();

System.Drawing.SizeF mySize = myGraphics.MeasureString(myLabel.Text,myLabel.Font);

myLabel.Width = Int32.Parse(mySize.Width.ToString());

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Good I feel like a beginner,.....

Thanks Stephan

Oh, OK I got it,

Code:

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System.Drawing.Graphics myGraphics = Graphics.FromHwnd(System.IntPtr.Zero);
System.Drawing.SizeF mySize = myGraphics.MeasureString(myLabel.Text,myLabel.Font);
myLabel.Width = (int)mySize.Width +1;

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this works, thanks,

Stephan