CListCtrl::GetStringWidth

Determines the minimum column width necessary to display all of a given string.

int GetStringWidth(
   LPCTSTR lpsz 
) const;

Parameters

  • lpsz
    Address of a null-terminated string whose width is to be determined.

Return Value

The width, in pixels, of the string pointed to by lpsz.

Remarks

The returned width takes into account the control's current font and column margins, but not the width of a small icon.

Example

CString strColumn;
int nWidth;

// Insert six columns in the list view control. Make the width of
// the column be the width of the column header plus 50%.
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
   strColumn.Format(_T("column %d"), i);
   nWidth = 3*m_myListCtrl.GetStringWidth(strColumn)/2;
   m_myListCtrl.InsertColumn(i, strColumn, LVCFMT_LEFT, nWidth);
}

Requirements

Header: afxcmn.h

See Also

Concepts

CListCtrl Class

CListCtrl Members

Hierarchy Chart

CListCtrl::GetColumnWidth