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Window sizing by actual string and font

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    Hello all, I would like to change window size by the actual string size. The string size deplend on the actual font. I am not able to get actual string lenght in pixels ... Do you now any function that returns actual string length in pixels? thank you for any advice

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      Hello all, I would like to change window size by the actual string size. The string size deplend on the actual font. I am not able to get actual string lenght in pixels ... Do you now any function that returns actual string length in pixels? thank you for any advice

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      The GetTextExtent... functions will do that.


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