Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Text size

2008-07-17 Thread Roode, Eric
> >> How do I compute the size (amount of screen real-estate) that a given >> chunk of text will be, in a given font? >> >> The reason I ask is that I am trying to change the text of a label, >> and using the Text or Change methods do not resize the control; the >> control stays at its origina

[perl-win32-gui-users] Usable screen coordinates

2008-07-17 Thread Roode, Eric
I have the taskbar docked along the left side of the desktop. When I start Win32::GUI programs that do not explicitly position their main window, the main window generally starts way over on the left side of the screen, obscured by the taskbar. I then have to move it to the right in order to use

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Text size

2008-07-17 Thread Sean Healy
> How do I compute the size (amount of screen real-estate) that a given > chunk of text will be, in a given font? > > The reason I ask is that I am trying to change the text of a label, and > using the Text or Change methods do not resize the control; the control > stays at its original size and t

[perl-win32-gui-users] Text size

2008-07-17 Thread Roode, Eric
How do I compute the size (amount of screen real-estate) that a given chunk of text will be, in a given font? The reason I ask is that I am trying to change the text of a label, and using the Text or Change methods do not resize the control; the control stays at its original size and truncates any