>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.
Don't forget that the standard margin for a textbox is 2 (so I guess that would add 4 to your calculated width).
Caroline