VS:GetDlgCtrlWidthStdCh
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Description
Returns the width in standard characters for dialog control creation.
The width is different than the number of symbols (Len) as in some languages (Japanese for example) the symbols are very different in size on the dialog.
E.g. CreateStaticText
FUNCTION GetDlgCtrlWidthStdCh(
str :DYNARRAY[] of CHAR) : INTEGER;
def vs.GetDlgCtrlWidthStdCh(str): return INTEGER
Parameters
str DYNARRAY[] of CHAR The string used to calculate the std character count.
Return Value
Return the number of std characters in the input string.
Version
Availability: from Vectorworks 2019
See Also
VS Functions:
VS:CreateStaticText | VS:CreateCenteredStaticText | VS:CreateStyledStatic | VS:CreateEditInteger | VS:CreateEditReal | VS:CreateEditText | VS:CreateEditTextBox | VS:CreateListBox | VS:CreateListBoxN | VS:CreateLB | VS:CreatePullDownMenu | VS:CreateEnhancedPullDownMenu | VS:CreateColorPopup | VS:CreatePullDownMenuGroupBox | VS:CreateTreeControl | VS:CreateClassPullDownMenu | VS:CreateDesignLayerPullDownMenu | VS:CreateSheetLayerPullDownMenu
[[VS:CreateStaticText]] | [[VS:CreateCenteredStaticText]] | [[VS:CreateStyledStatic]] | [[VS:CreateEditInteger]] | [[VS:CreateEditReal]] | [[VS:CreateEditText]] | [[VS:CreateEditTextBox]] | [[VS:CreateListBox]] | [[VS:CreateListBoxN]] | [[VS:CreateLB]] | [[VS:CreatePullDownMenu]] | [[VS:CreateEnhancedPullDownMenu]] | [[VS:CreateColorPopup]] | [[VS:CreatePullDownMenuGroupBox]] | [[VS:CreateTreeControl]] | [[VS:CreateClassPullDownMenu]] | [[VS:CreateDesignLayerPullDownMenu]]
| [[VS:CreateSheetLayerPullDownMenu]]