PdfGetTextWidth(aText As String) As Double

Get width of a text in points.

Use this function to determine the width of a text in order to create frames around it, or a weblink, etc.

Hint: See PdfSetPageFormat for more information on dimensions of various page formats

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
aText	String	Any one line string whose width needs to be determined. Example: Go to homepage

Returns:

Type	Value	Description
Double	0.0 or higher	Returns the width of the character string parameter, in points.

Available in:

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	YES

Used in:

XojoScript Name	GUID
Create Seminar Invoice As PDF	2C3F7F29-A29A-4338-ACF5-51894B709DA5
Create Seminar Invoice With Slip As PDF	739DA58E-17EE-41CE-BB54-E7362CFE17D4

Hint: You can find references to XojoScripts which make use of this function by sending the following SQL statement to the database:

Select id,GUID, ScriptName,ScriptCode from im_scripts where ScriptCode Like '%PdfGetTextWidth%'

Example XojoScript:

If PdfStart("testfile.pdf") > 0 Then

PdfSetPageCoordsTopDown

Dim x,y As Double = 30.0

// Set output font and color

PdfSetFont("Arial","Regular",10.0)

// Localized texts

Dim txt As String = "Go to homepage"

// Define Link

Dim url As String = "https://www.seminar.pro"

// Textcolor of weblink

Dim colorstring As String = "&c6B000100"

Call PdfSetStrokeColor(colorstring)

Call PdfSetFillColor(colorstring)

Call PdfWriteText(x,y,txt)

// Framecolor of weblink

colorstring = "&cFFCC6600"

Call PdfSetStrokeColor(colorstring)

Call PdfSetFillColor(colorstring)

// Get width of text to calculate and define width of link

Call PdfWebLink(x-2,y,PdfGetTextWidth(txt)+ 4,14.0,url)

// Finalize PDF

Call PdfCloseFile

// Show it to the user

Call Pdflaunch

End If