Description
Determines the width of a string using the current font of the specified print job.
Syntax
PrintWidth ( printjobnumber, string )
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Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
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printjobnumber |
The number the PrintOpen function assigned to the print job |
|
string |
A string whose value is the text for which you want to determine the width |
Return value
Integer. Returns the width of string in thousandths of an inch using the current font of printjobnumber if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. If any argument's value is null, PrintWidth returns null. If the returned width exceeds the maximum integer limit (+32767), PrintWidth returns -1.
Examples
These statements define a new blank page and then set W to the length of the string PowerBuilder in the current font and then use the length to position the next text line:
long Job int W // Start a new print job. Job = PrintOpen() // Determine the width of the text. W = PrintWidth(Job,"PowerBuilder") // Use the width to get the next print position. Print(Job, W - 500, "Features List")
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