Purpose

Gets the length of a text object

Protoype

int CTextMngr::GetTextLength (string str_text_id)

Parameters

Description

The return value of this function depends on whether or not the text object passed in has a clipping box set up or not. If there is a clip box then the length of the clip box is returned. If there is no clip box then the length of the text itself (which can vary depending on the font used) is returned.

Use

CTextMngr text;

int i_length = text.GetTextLength("my_text");