VisualStyleRenderer.GetTextExtent Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Returns the size and location of the specified string when drawn with the font of the current visual style element.

Overloads

GetTextExtent(IDeviceContext, String, TextFormatFlags)	Returns the size and location of the specified string when drawn with the font of the current visual style element.
GetTextExtent(IDeviceContext, Rectangle, String, TextFormatFlags)	Returns the size and location of the specified string when drawn with the font of the current visual style element within the specified initial bounding rectangle.

GetTextExtent(IDeviceContext, String, TextFormatFlags)

Source:

VisualStyleRenderer.cs

Returns the size and location of the specified string when drawn with the font of the current visual style element.

public:
 System::Drawing::Rectangle GetTextExtent(System::Drawing::IDeviceContext ^ dc, System::String ^ textToDraw, System::Windows::Forms::TextFormatFlags flags);

public System.Drawing.Rectangle GetTextExtent (System.Drawing.IDeviceContext dc, string textToDraw, System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags flags);

member this.GetTextExtent : System.Drawing.IDeviceContext * string * System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags -> System.Drawing.Rectangle

Public Function GetTextExtent (dc As IDeviceContext, textToDraw As String, flags As TextFormatFlags) As Rectangle

Parameters

dc

IDeviceContext

The IDeviceContext this operation will use.

textToDraw

String

The string to measure.

flags

TextFormatFlags

A bitwise combination of the TextFormatFlags values.

Returns

Rectangle

A Rectangle that contains the area required to fit the rendered text.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

dc is null.

GetTextExtent(IDeviceContext, Rectangle, String, TextFormatFlags)

Source:

VisualStyleRenderer.cs

Returns the size and location of the specified string when drawn with the font of the current visual style element within the specified initial bounding rectangle.

public:
 System::Drawing::Rectangle GetTextExtent(System::Drawing::IDeviceContext ^ dc, System::Drawing::Rectangle bounds, System::String ^ textToDraw, System::Windows::Forms::TextFormatFlags flags);

public System.Drawing.Rectangle GetTextExtent (System.Drawing.IDeviceContext dc, System.Drawing.Rectangle bounds, string textToDraw, System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags flags);

member this.GetTextExtent : System.Drawing.IDeviceContext * System.Drawing.Rectangle * string * System.Windows.Forms.TextFormatFlags -> System.Drawing.Rectangle

Public Function GetTextExtent (dc As IDeviceContext, bounds As Rectangle, textToDraw As String, flags As TextFormatFlags) As Rectangle

Parameters

dc

IDeviceContext

The IDeviceContext this operation will use.

bounds

Rectangle

A Rectangle used to control the flow and wrapping of the text.

textToDraw

String

The string to measure.

flags

TextFormatFlags

A bitwise combination of the TextFormatFlags values.

Returns

Rectangle

A Rectangle that contains the area required to fit the rendered text.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

dc is null.