Adding Controls at Runtime **SOLVED**

[Sgt-Peppa]

Hey all,

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

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

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

myLabel.Width = myLabel.Text.Length;

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

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks,

Stephan

[Briantcva]

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.

[Sgt-Peppa]

How can I use the Graphics class?

This aint working

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

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

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

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

Thanks Stephan

[Sgt-Peppa]

Oh, OK I got it,

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;

this works, thanks,

Stephan