PdfCanvas.GetTextWidth Method (String, PdfMissingGlyphMapper)

Gets the width of the specified string in default user space units when drawn with current Font.

Namespace:  BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf
Assembly:  BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf (in BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf.dll)

Syntax

C#
public double GetTextWidth(
	string text,
	PdfMissingGlyphMapper missingGlyphHandler
)
VB
Public Function GetTextWidth ( 
	text As String,
	missingGlyphHandler As PdfMissingGlyphMapper
) As Double

Parameters

text
Type: System.String
The string to measure.
missingGlyphHandler
Type: BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf.PdfMissingGlyphMapper
The handler for glyphs that cannot be drawn using the current Font.

Return Value

Type: Double
The width of the specified string in default user space units when drawn with current Font.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentExceptiontext contains an invalid surrogate pair. Either the first character in the pair is not a valid high surrogate or the second character in the pair is not a valid low surrogate.
CannotShowTextExceptiontext contains a glyph that cannot be drawn using the current Font and cannot be substituted using the missingGlyphHandler.

Remarks

By default, user space unit is 1/72 inch. When this canvas is taken from PdfPage, user space unit depends on the UserUnit property.

See Also