>Hi,
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>Simplified example.
>I have a check box on a form. The caption of the check box could change (it is data driven). And if the caption is longer than what I set at design time, I want to widen the form. Question: how do you calculate the width or length of a string?
>
>For example, default caption of a check box: "Company". And it may change (at run-time) to being "Company Name". I need to calculate by how much to increase the width when the caption is longer.
>
>TIA


Check help for FONTMETRIC() and TXTWIDTH()

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