>>>>As for design time, maybe someone can help you more on this.
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>>>How would I calculate it at run time?
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>>The same as the builder is doing it at design time.
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>Which is probably using FONTMETRIC(6) or FONTMETRIC(7), or some combination of the two....

Thanks Garrett. That's exactly what I needed. Since I am using Courier New (non-proportional), I can be pretty precise with my object widths.