BrickGraphics.MeasureString(String, DXFont) Method

Calculates the length of a specified text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

public SizeF MeasureString(
    string text,
    DXFont font
)

VB.NET

Public Function MeasureString(
    text As String,
    font As DXFont
) As SizeF

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	String	The text to measure.
font	DXFont	An object that contains font information.

Returns

Type	Description
SizeF	The text length.

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C#

reporting-winforms-add-vertical-brick/CS/T457705/XtraReport1.cs#L15

DXFont font = new DXFont("Arial", 20f);
SizeF size = this.PrintingSystem.Graph.MeasureString(text, font);
size.Height = size.Height + 100;

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-add-vertical-brick/VB/T457705/XtraReport1.vb#L14

Dim brickFont As New DXFont("Arial", 20.0F)
Dim brickSize As SizeF = Me.PrintingSystem.Graph.MeasureString(brickText, brickFont)
brickSize.Height = brickSize.Height + 100