"johnb41" <jsbuchm***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I need to print out a string of text and obviously i'm using the
> DrawString command.
>
> But the string must be placed AFTER some "programmatically generated
> text" (also printed using DrawString).  That text would range from a
> single line, to maybe up to 10 lines.  So i cannot hard code the
> position for the Drawstring command... it must come AFTER the generated
> text, where ever that might be.
>
> Is there any way to determine the position (x,y) of the end of the auto
> generated text?  I could then take that value and then add a little bit
> to it.
>
> I'm totally stumped with this and would appreciate some help or
> direction.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>

> Use the MeasureString method of the Graphics object to obtain the rectangle
> that contains the size of the text.  Add this to the x and y positions you
> passed to the DrawString of the original text and voila, the ending x and y
> positions you want :)
>
> HTH,
> Mythran

"johnb41" <jsbuchm***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks!  I got it to work. The MeasureString method actually returns a
> PointF, not a rectangle.  But from that i can get the "height" which is
> what i need. :)
>
> John
>
>
>> Use the MeasureString method of the Graphics object to obtain the
>> rectangle
>> that contains the size of the text.  Add this to the x and y positions
>> you
>> passed to the DrawString of the original text and voila, the ending x and
>> y
>> positions you want :)
>>
>> HTH,
>> Mythran
>

> Hmm, .Net 2005 ... MeasureString returns a PointF?  PointF contains Height?
> Hmm, I thought a PointF was a floating point version of a Point structure
> which contains 2 members, X and Y (hence, Point...since a single point in
> space has no physical dimensions, just a location [x and y]).
>
> Mythran

"johnb41" <jsbuchm***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Oops, my bad!  It returns a SizeF, which from that you can get the
> width and height properties.  Not PointF, sorry!
>
> John
>
>
>> Hmm, .Net 2005 ... MeasureString returns a PointF?  PointF contains
>> Height?
>> Hmm, I thought a PointF was a floating point version of a Point structure
>> which contains 2 members, X and Y (hence, Point...since a single point in
>> space has no physical dimensions, just a location [x and y]).
>>
>> Mythran
>