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Harry Z
Harry Z

Reputation: 19

The Graphics.MeasureString method is not accurate on windows mobile

The Graphics.MeasureString(string, Font) method is not accurate on windows mobile. Is there a solution for the problem?

public static string GetSubString(Graphics graphic, Font font, 
                                                    string text, int availableWidth)
{
    string tempString = string.Empty;

    Size stringSize = graphic.MeasureString(text, font).ToSize();
    if (stringSize.Width < availableWidth)
    {
        return text;
    }

    for (int index = text.Length-1; index > 3; index--)
    {
        tempString = string.Format("{0}...", text.Substring(0, index));

        Size tempStringSize = graphic.MeasureString(tempString, font).ToSize();
        if (tempStringSize.Width < availableWidth)
        {
            return tempString;
        }
    }
}

The method return incorrect size, not matching the width of the label.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1657

Answers (1)

Gy&#246;rgy Kőszeg
Gy&#246;rgy Kőszeg

Reputation: 18013

Graphics.MeasureString is accurate only if you use Graphics.DrawString.

Is it a Windows.Forms.Label? Then it uses Graphics.DrawString only if UseCompatibleTextRendering property is true. Otherwise, you should use TextRenderer.MeasureText and TextRenderer.DrawText methods instead.

Upvotes: 1

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