>>>>Hi,
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>>>>I am trying to find a message(s) discussing how to center a WAIT WINDOW command in a VFP window. I would be very surprised if this has never been discussed or brought up. But no matter what I enter in the UT Search, I cannot find a thread. What would you enter in the UT Search to find such a message(s)?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
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>>>Using Sergey Berezniker's code I can place the WAIT WIND almost exactly where I want. But I have to do a trial and error a few times. It would be nice if I could get the value of the length of the string to be shown in WAIT WIND. For example, say my string is "Please wait". Is there a way to calculate the width (or a length) in Foxels of this string?
>>>
>>>TIA
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>>https://doughennig.blogspot.com/2006/04/forget-txtwidth-use-gdipmeasurestring.html
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>
>One of the examples used in the article you suggested (thank you!) is
>

>lnWidth = txtwidth(lcText, lcFontName, lnFontSize,  lcFontStyle)
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>I replaced lcFontName with _screen.FontName and lnFontSize with _screen.FontSize.
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>But I don't know what property of _screen to use for the value of lcFontStyle. The _screen does not have a property matching the name "FontStyle" but has other Font* properties.
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>Do you happen to know what property of _screen to use for lcFontStyle?

try

WITH THIS

  lcFontStyle = IIF(.FONTBOLD,"B","") + ;
   IIF(.FONTITALIC,"I","") + ;
   IIF(.FONTSTRIKETHRU,"-","") + ;
   IIF(.FONTUNDERLINE,"U","")
*...

at least this is what FONTMETRIC is using,

Aunt EDIT says: This is what TXTWIDTH is using.

EDIT #2 (can't let it be)
enter

HELP TXTWIDTH

in command window. Look up section cFontStyle. I've listed all styles of use.