FontOps.$wintextwidth()

Function group	Execute on client	Platform(s)
FontOps	NO	All

Syntax

FontOps.$wintextwidth(string,font-name|font-table-index,point-size[,font-style])

Description

Returns the width in screen units required to display the string using the specified window font.

You specify the font using either the font-name or font-table-index. When called with a font table index, $wintextwidth() uses the window font system table of the current library which can contain up to 15 fonts numbered 1 to 15. You can include a font-style constant, or combination of styles.

Example

Do
 
FontOps
.
$wintextwidth
(
'Hello WWW'
,
'Courier'
,36)
 
Returns 
lWidth

# returns 243

 
Do
 
FontOps
.
$wintextwidth
(
'Hello WWW'
,
'Courier'
,36,
kBold
+
kItalic
)
 
Returns 
lWidth

# returns 252

 
Do
 
FontOps
.
$wintextwidth
(
'Hello WWW'
,5,36)
 
Returns 
lWidth

# returns 240

# note that System font is at position 5 in #WIWFONTS