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BUG: Textwidth Method Does Not Return Foxel Units

Article ID: 143308

Article Last Modified on 5/7/2003

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q143308

SYMPTOMS

The TextWidth method of Visual FoxPro for Windows is defined as returning the length of a text string expressed in a count of units, the units being expressed in either pixels or foxels depending on the current scalemode of the form. However, the values are actually returned in pixels, only, regardless of the scalemode property.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Illustrate this Problem

In the Visual FoxPro Command window, type the following sequence of commands and observe the information that is displayed in the upper-left portion of the desktop:

  x = CreateObject("form")
  ? x.ScaleMode             && returns 3 (pixels, the default)
  ? x.TextWidth("testing")  && shows 42 (pixels, if standard font)
  x.Scalemode = 0           && Foxels
  ? x.TextWidth("testing")  && shows 42 - the pixels measurement

Additional query words: txtwidth kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600

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