Namespace: Consultingwerk.Util
Class 
TextWidthHelper Copy to Clipboard
Parent classes:
Progress.Lang.Object
Consultingwerk.Util.TextWidthHelper

Inherits: Progress.Lang.Object


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Top Method Summary
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DECIMAL GetTextWidthChars (character) Returns the width of a text in character units of the default font
INTEGER GetTextWidthPixels (character) Returns the width of a text in pixels in the default font

Top Constructor Summary
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TextWidthHelper () Protected default constructor.


Method Detail
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DECIMAL GetTextWidthChars (character)
Purpose: Returns the width of a text in character units of the default font
Notes: FONT-TABLE:GET-TEXT-WIDTH-CHARS. When Consultingwerk/products.i
defines ABL-Agent, GetTextWidthPixels divided by
FormatHelper:PixelsPerColumn PixelsPerColumn - the number of characters

Parameters:
pcText CHARACTER
The text to measure
Returns DECIMAL
The width of the text in characters
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INTEGER GetTextWidthPixels (character)
Purpose: Returns the width of a text in pixels in the default font
Notes: FONT-TABLE:GET-TEXT-WIDTH-PIXELS. When Consultingwerk/products.i
defines ABL-Agent, the number of characters multiplied with
FormatHelper:PixelsPerColumn PixelsPerColumn

Parameters:
pcText CHARACTER
The text to measure
Returns INTEGER
The width of the text in pixels


Constructor Detail
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TextWidthHelper ()
Purpose: Protected default constructor.
Notes: There's no need to create instances of the helper classes



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