measuring string width and height

does anyone know how to Get  concatenated string by passing (original string,font type, width in pixel required for the font to fit in)......windows forms has a function like this in System.Drawing.Graphics.MeasureString.........is there any function like this for web??.

0 greatb78 12/29/2003 7:12:05 AM

i meant truncated not concatenated string

0 greatb78 12/29/2003 8:11:39 AM

Yo can use that function.... something like 


System.Drawing.Graphics.MeasureString(strNombre, Font).Width
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0 Obi 12/29/2003 2:19:28 PM

Am I the only one that's having trouble with MeasureString returning a completely wrong value?  When debugging a GDI+ heavy app I'm working on currently, I've been finding that MeasureString is often over double the correct length.
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0 gt1329a 1/3/2004 3:24:23 AM

join the club man ..same thing over here...if you or i find a good solution we can exchange ideas..cool?

0 greatb78 1/4/2004 6:18:17 AM