[2008][RESOLVED] Remove text longer then ... px

[Mindstorms]

Hello,

I'm developing a word-teaching program. When choosen, it shows wich chapters you're busy with. But if they get too long for the form, I want to change the last 3 characters shown on the form to be "...".
Then it would be "Chapter 1, 2, 3, ..." instead of "Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6" from wich the half isn't visible anymore.

I've tried to calculate on the textlength, but since not every character equals in width, this doesn't work properly. My calculations take place in a function wich multiple forms use.

If sender = "frmFout" Then
     If tekst.Length > 31 Then tekst = tekst.Remove(31, tekst.Length - 31) & "..."
ElseIf sender = "frmOverhoor" Then
     If tekst.Length > 18 Then tekst = tekst.Remove(18, tekst.Length - 18) & "..."
ElseIf sender = "Print" Then
     If tekst.Length > 57 Then tekst = tekst.Remove(57, tekst.Length - 57) & "..."
End If

How can I do this on a different way and make it work properly?

With kind regards,

Thomas

[dbasnett]

One thing you can do is to set the font to a mono-spaced one, like Lucida or Courier. Then all the characters are the same size.

[Mindstorms]

That's a good one. It doesn't look really nice, but when there's no (relativily simple) other solution I'll use thisone.

[dbasnett]

you could decide on a value that always works and just add a lot of "...."

[Mindstorms]

Should also be a possibility

[wild_bill]

The Graphics.MeasureString might be able to assist you

    Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
        Dim g As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics
        Dim sf As SizeF = g.MeasureString(TextBox1.Text, TextBox1.Font, TextBox1.MaximumSize)
        If sf.Width > 20 Then
            'do whatever
        End If
    End Sub

[Mindstorms]

I messed a little bit with your sample and got it to work the way I want.

Private Function CalculateWrap(ByVal text As String, ByVal px As Integer, ByVal font As Font) As String
    '//
    Dim g As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics
    Dim pt As SizeF = g.MeasureString(" ...", Font)
    If Not g.MeasureString(text, font).Width < px Then '//Doesn't fit at once
        Do
            text = text.Remove(text.Length - 1, 1)
        Loop Until g.MeasureString(text, font).Width < (px - pt.Width)
        text = text & " ..."
    End If
    '//
    Return text
End Function

Thanks!