>It did not work properly. I got the answer as 66 with following command
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>?FONTMETRIC(7,"MS Sans Serif",9)*LEN("WWWWWW")
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>After changing the width to 66 also, last 'W' did not get displayed fully.
Then, perhaps, there is some small border, or something similar, which you have to add to get the correct width. A few points probably; you should be able to get an approximate value with a little experimentation.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)