using System;

using System.Drawing;

namespace PluginCore.Helpers

{

public class DrawHelper

{

/// <summary>

/// Measures the actual width of the text

/// http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI-plus/measurestring.aspx

/// </summary>

public static Int32 MeasureDisplayStringWidth(Graphics graphics, String text, Font font)

{

try

{

StringFormat format = new StringFormat();

RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, 1000, 1000);

CharacterRange[] ranges = { new CharacterRange(0, text.Length) };

Region[] regions = new Region[1];

format.SetMeasurableCharacterRanges(ranges);

regions = graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges(text, font, rect, format);

rect = regions[0].GetBounds(graphics);

return (Int32)rect.Right;

}

catch (IndexOutOfRangeException)

{

return 0;

}

}

}

}