>> FONTMETRIC() gives proper value for ARIEL font. But it is not proper with >> COMIC SANS MS and VERDANA (example) Fonts. Is there any better way to
>> calculate the WIDTH of TEXTBOX?

Are you using FONTMETRIC() to find the Average, Minimum or Maximum character size?

FONTMETRIC is NOT an exact science! take a look at TXTWIDTH() and combining the two should give you what you want.


Gary.