The thing is, i need to use to function Graphics.measureString to know how long (in pixel) a string will be rendered on my page. The thing is, measureString needs to know what font family and font size (Verdana 11 for example) is used to be able to give me the width. For info, Graphics.measureStrings needs the string to measure, the font family and the font size, then it returns a SizeF object from which you can get the width attribute so you know what length it is on your webpage (it isn't always perfectly accurate though).
So, i was wondering if there was a way of getting that info from the page for the code behind, or am i doomed to hard code it somewhere in my control or some constants class.
Thanks for future (helping) answers
If your control has runat="server" then you can use the Style property to get the font-family and font-size:
string fontFamily = myControl.Style["font-family"];
string fontSize = myControl.Style["font-size"];
This will only work for inline styles though.
You can use this over Net Framework 4 with System.Web.dll; for example:
CssStyleCollection css = CssStyleTools.Create();
css.Value = "border-top:1px dotted #BBB;margin-top: 0px;font-size:12px";
Console.WriteLine(css["margin-top"]); //prints "0px"
and you can look at "Change Font Family and Font Size using HtmlAgilityPack".
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So I'm making a C# Windows Forms application in which I have a label. This label's size is 100x100 by default*, but I want to automatically increase the label's height so that any string fits in it regardless of its "height". How would I do this? I haven't tried anything myself yet because I don't really have an idea of what to do. I'm just a beginner, after all!
Thanks in advance.
*100x100 is just an example, the real size is different (I'm not sure yet what it'll be)
Thanks everyone, I managed to get what I want by setting the label's MaximumSize property. (Answered by #LarsTech in comments)
AutoSize defaults to true - so the default behaviour of the textbox should resize to any font size/content that is in use.
The label control in Windows Forms is a container which accepts your input strings. Therefore, if you do change its initial values it will get to its content size anyways. So, just change its Text Property.
You could try it first.
here's an example code you can use. It uses the AutoSize property.
If you label is called Label1 you can change it like this:
Label1.AutoSize = true;
Label1.Text = "The text in this label is longer than the set size.";
And it will automatically change it.
We're using migradoc api to create an rtf document.. intermittently when we add an image it;s being resized and coming out absolutely tiny.
Code sample as follows:
MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Shapes.Image image = section.AddImage(imagePath);
image.WrapFormat.Style = MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Shapes.WrapStyle.Through;
If I set LockAspectRatio to true and set a width it does stop is from rendering very small but ideally would like to be able to set a MaxWidth.
Has anyone experiences similar issue?
You have a choice of either changing the image itself by storing a different DPI value in it.
The .Net command to do so with a Bitmap bmp is:
bmp.SetResolution(newHRes , newVRes);
This should not involve reencoding, but I'm not sure.
However you also can simply set the desired DPI value in the Migradoc Image by using its Image.Resolution Property, which
Gets or sets a user defined resolution for the image in dots per inch.
I am not familiar with it at all but I found this code that might help you :
image.RelativeVertical = RelativeVertical.Page;
image.RelativeHorizontal = RelativeHorizontal.Page;
I am trying to perform edit functions in a RichTextBox on a C# (Windows Forms) application.
I would like to be able to select any number of text characters in the script then change targeted font characteristics.
The trouble I have is that each characters font properties may be set to different font. In this case the textbox ignores the event that I request.
How can I solve my problem?
Take a look at this:
Changing font for richtextbox without losing formatting
I think it's the same issue. LarsTech's solution is working perfectly for me.
I have a code to change the size:
RichTextBox1.Font.Size == new System.Drawing.Font(RichTextBox1.Font.Name, yoursize)
And if you want to change only the selected text size:
RichTextBox1.SelectionFont.Size == new System.Drawing.Font(RichTextBox1.SelectionFont.Name, yoursize)
Hope it will help.
With reference to my previous question here: Changing Font Size for ListView Column in C#. I would like to know how to change the height of the column within a listView with OwnerDraw enabled.
I have succeeded in changing the font using the following code.
using (Font headerFont =
new Font("Helvetica", 10, FontStyle.Bold)) //Font size!!!!
{
e.Graphics.DrawString(e.Header.Text, headerFont,
Brushes.Black, e.Bounds, sf);
}
Although I cannot change the size of the column, giving it a cut-off effect. I have been playing around with the Rectangle.Bounds property but this appears to be read only.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
I have decided to take an alternative approach for my application. I chose to remove the header altogether and replace it with labels within a Container Panel.
This was achieved by changing the HeaderStyle property of the listView to "None". The result allowed me to dock the labels to the top of my listView, giving me the larger text I've been after!
Granted this is a little different to the question asked but provides a simple solution to what appears to be a complex problem! Additionally this would make the column headers static so may not be useful for developing applications requiring numerous changes
Thanks for all your help, and let me know if you would like more detail
Euan
You can try Better ListView Express. It allows changing column header height to arbitrary sizes. It is also free and the usage is 99% same as ListView.
What is the easiest/best way to set the maximum width of a web page. For example assume I don't want to let the user to expand the width beyond 400px. HTML code, CSS, C#?
I am using Visual Studio 2008 C# environment.
Thanks
Bruce
If you want to limit the browser width, well you can't do that :P
Alternatively, if you want to limit a certain element's width, such as a div with an ID of #container, then you would use CSS:
#container {
max-width:400px;
}
Wrap the content of the page is some sort of container (a <div>) is usually suitable. Apply the max-width property to it.
Simply make a fixed width CSS layout set at 400px.
Trying to prevent the browser window to be greater than 400px is horrible idea, and will fail in more ways than it will work (mobile, etc).