Thanks Gérard but ...
txtwidth("Period","Tahoma",8)*FontMetric(6,"Tahoma",8) and
txtwidth(REPL("Period",1000),"Tahoma",8)*FontMetric(6,"Tahoma",8)/1000
both return 30.000 - at least on my system ...
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gérard Lochon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 September 2008 14:59:26 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London
Subject: Re: Calculating text width
> However the expression
> txtwidth("Period","Tahoma",8)*FontMetric(6,"Tahoma",8) returns 30.
>
> Is there a way to more accurately calculate the width of the label ?
wIth txtwidth(REPL("Period",1000),"myfont",8)*FontMetric(6,"myfont",8)/1000
&& you"ll get better precision
(if not an exotic font which can't deliver 3 digits past the decimal
separator)
G.
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