Questions tagged [textrenderer]
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TextRenderer doesn't draw a long string
Look at this sample:
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private static string myString = null;
private const int MAX_TEXT = 5460;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
StringBuilder builder = new…
Daniel Peñalba
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Format DataGridView Cell without changing underlying value?
I have an unbound DataGridView (in VS 2008), of which one column contains a file path. I'd like to format the string using the TextRenderer class on the ColumnWidthChanged event without actually modifying the underlying value. The problem is that…
jluce50
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Compact long string with PathEllipsis in .Net
I have following string, which i am drawing in one of my treeview control using DrawString.
@haTEST sadasd asd asd asd asd asd asd asd ### adssad asd asd asd asd asd asdasdasd
The treeview is drawing the above string like following:
Now,i want to…
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Calculate Windows Form Width for Displayed Text
I need to calculate Windows Form Width for displayed text.
The form width is obviously in pixels so you would just want to obtain the width of the text in pixels but this doesn't work:
animationForm.Width = TextRenderer.MeasureText(_caption,…
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How to measure the exact width of String in pixels in Winforms
I need to measure the exact pixel size of a string in label control in Winforms.
I tried with TextRenderer.MeasureText(Text, Font) and graphics.MeasureString(Text, Font) but didn't get exact pixel width.
When checked the exact pixel width it is 90…
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How to correctly measure characters in string using TextRenderer?
I am trying to draw a multi-colored string.
As there are no default methods to do this, I am trying to draw the string char by char myself using TextRenderer.DrawText, however, it does not report correctly first character width when I try to measure…
Murumuru
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C# Textrenderer - Measuring smaller fontsize results in larger size
I am trying to measure the size of a string given a certain font using the TextRenderer class. Despite the fact that i tried measuring it with 3 different approaches (Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges, Graphics.MeasureString, TextRenderer.MeasureText)…
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Why is UseCompatibleTextRendering needed here?
I think I'm missing something fundamental. Please tell me what it is, if you can.
I have developed a little C++ WinForms app using VS2008. So it is built using .NET 3.5 SP1.
My development box is Win7, if that matters.
The default value of…
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3D jogl application hangs when using awt TextRenderer
I am trying to make my custom GUI inside OpenGL aplication. I would like to use TextRenderer class to render texts for me. But when I use it I notice a strange behavior. The aplication runs smoothly for about minute or two then starts to lag and is…
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TextRenderer.DrawString is not drawing a long string
The following code is not painting anything:
void Form3_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
string text = new string('m', 3000);
TextRenderer.DrawText(
e.Graphics,
text,
this.Font,
new…
Daniel Peñalba
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Why TextRenderer adds margins while measuring text?
Because of lack of Graphics object in certain places in my application, I decided to use TextRenderer class. What is quite surprising though is that it adds a lot of margins to measured text. For example:
private void button1_Click(object sender,…
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Graphics.DrawString doesn't work
I want to draw a text over a PictureBox in a foreach loop. This is the code that is responsible for rendering(GG is a PictureBox that is currently in the loop)
if (GG != null)
{
((PictureBox)GG).Image = (Image)obj;
…
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Correlating Windows forms textbox text width to GDI width
I'm drawing the text from a textbox using GDI; however, I'm trying to create my textbox such that it reflects the same amount of space that I am drawing to in GDI. So, for some X amount of width in GDI, I would like for the length of the string in…
Jesse
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TextRenderer Text is printing on the left top very small
I want to print a Multiline Text.
I searched and I found that I can print it with TextRenderer, but the text is printed very small in the left top of the paper. I don´t know why.
Code:
PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument();
pd.PrintPage +=…
tom
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Does Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false) make sense in WinForms apps?
When we create a new WinForms app project in VS.NET, the following template code is used for the main procedure of the app:
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
…
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