BrickGraphics.MeasureString(String, Font) Method

Calculates the length of a specified text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v18.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public SizeF MeasureString(
    string text,
    Font font
)

VB.NET

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

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	String	A String value.
font	Font	A Font object.

Returns

Type	Description
SizeF	A SizeF structure, specifying the string length.

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C#

Reporting_how-to-add-a-brick-with-vertical-text-to-the-margin-of-each-report-page-t457705/CS/T457705/XtraReport1.cs#L18

Font font = new Font("Arial", 20f, FontStyle.Bold);
SizeF size = this.PrintingSystem.Graph.MeasureString(text, font);
foreach(Page page in this.Pages) {

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-add-a-brick-with-vertical-text-to-the-margin-of-each-report-page-t457705/VB/T457705/XtraReport1.vb#L20

Dim brickFont As New Font("Arial", 20.0F, FontStyle.Bold)
Dim brickSize As SizeF = Me.PrintingSystem.Graph.MeasureString(brickText, brickFont)
For Each page As Page In Me.Pages