problem with drawString()

arnoldpinto84

I need drawstring() to print a trailing blank space but it seems to be trimming the string... does anyone know a workaround to this???

Luc Pattyn

:confused: AFAIK Graphics.DrawString() only paints the foreground, i.e. pixels belonging to the characters in the string, so it does not paint spaces, it just skips them.

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arnoldpinto84

see the prob is that...i need to format numbers such that they are aligned. -ve numbers are denoted in brackets

eg.
5000
(20)

here the nos are not aligned...so i need to print a blank space after the +ve nos so that they align properly. eg.

5000
(20)

is this possible using drawstring() ??????

Luc Pattyn

Hi, Graphics.DrawString() will paint a string at the given coordinates (specified by either a PointF or two floats, and indicating the top-left corner as always). So it is up to you to specify the right x-value to get the alignment you want. There are two possibilities: 1. using a non-proportional font, such as Courier New, where all symbols have the same width: you can simply keep x constant and adjust the string, i.e. add spaces to the left and/or the right, so the characters appear where you want them. 2. using an arbitrary font: since character widths may vary now, you must find out how wide a specific string is, and then adjust the x-value to get it to align properly. The width can be obtained from Graphics.MeasureString(). Be careful to specify the same parameters (text, font, brush, ...) you are going to pass to DrawString() later on. If you want the unit digits to align, you should split the string in two parts, the left one ending on the unit digit, the right one holding everything else (could be decimal point, decimals, and/or a closing parenthesis). Then calculate the width of the left part, and adjust it's x-value accordingly. The right part will have to be drawn at a constant x-value, since that one needs to be aligned. As you can see, with arbitrary fonts, spaces don't really come into the solution. :)

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arnoldpinto84

thanks a lot.. :-D