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FPdfMeasure unit

Unit: FPdfMeasure
Text measurement helpers for TPdf before content is added to the page

Syntax

TPdfMeasureHelper = class helper for TPdf
  procedure MeasureText(const Text, Font: WString; FontSize: Single; out Width, Height: Double);
  function MeasureTextWidth(const Text, Font: WString; FontSize: Single): Double;
  function WrapText(const Text, Font: WString; FontSize: Single; MaxWidth: Double): TArray<WString>;
end;

Public Methods

MemberDescription
TPdf.MeasureTextReturns text width and height in PDF user units for the selected font and size
TPdf.MeasureTextWidthReturns only the text width in PDF user units
TPdf.WrapTextSplits text on spaces and packs words into lines no wider than MaxWidth

Description

FPdfMeasure supplies a class helper for TPdf so text measurements can be calculated before content is drawn

Use MeasureText and MeasureTextWidth when preparing page layout, and WrapText when text must fit a fixed column width

Example

var
  Width, Height: Double;
  Lines: TArray<WString>;
begin
  Pdf.MeasureText('Invoice total', 'Arial', 12, Width, Height);
  Lines := Pdf.WrapText(LongText, 'Arial', 10, 240);
end;

See Also

TPdf.AddText, TPdf.DrawText