textwidth

hi there,

i have a form containing label controls, then i am saving its width and caption in an .ini file, then i have a Report Designer which has also a label control in which the caption of the label control will be passed, how would i know how many characters can i placed in the label control in my report designer. i was trying to use the textwidth method but it seems it's not returning the correct width..
thanks


alexis23 :wave:

find out the text length...

textwidth can only return the width of a string, you can't determine the availible textwidth

VB Code:

If textwidth("this is a test") > Label1.width then ' too wide for label

MSDN: "Returns the width of a text string as it would be printed in the current font."

Just in case :)

VB Code:

Me.Font = Label1.Font