How to Get a String’s Width in Pixels, Not in Characters

Posted December 15th @ 7:27 am by m3Rlin

To determine the width of a string in pixels using the active font and output it’s best to use this method:

(* sString - (string) Can be any string constant or variable.
**
** For example:
** TCanvas.TextWidth(’m3Rlin’);
** TCanvas.TextWidth(Edit1.Text);
** TCanvas.TextWidth(OpenDialog1.FileName);
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