Thanks to both of you. I believe I have all the information I need. Regards
Can On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Robin Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Barker wrote: > > Can Baran wrote: > >> I would like to be able to use the GetFullExtent function of the wx.DC > >> class for the text that I add on a floatcanvas with a given font. I want > >> to write a function called def textExtent which returns the height and > >> width in screen coordinates of a piece of text in the selected font > >> place on a floatcanvas (for example via the AddText call). How can I do > >> that? > > > > I'm a bit confused -- if you want the text extent in screen coords, then > > you can just use the regular old DC.GetFullTextExtent method. You can > > create a wx.ScreenDC to do this. > > Using a wx.ClientDC will probably be faster. On OSX at least it has > some optimizations in place if all you use it for is text measurement. > > > -- > Robin Dunn > Software Craftsman > http://wxPython.org Java give you jitters? Relax with wxPython! > > _______________________________________________ > FloatCanvas mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.mithis.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/floatcanvas >
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