CetContentWidth() will return the width of the non-dynapi (read-HTML)
content in a alayer.
Regardless of the width of the layer itself.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hershel Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] getContentWidth() Question
> > have you added the layer to a parent yet? if not, it hasn't actually
been
> > created and will not have a content height.
>
> I wrote that I can see the setHTML working, so that would probably
indicate
> that it has been added to a parent.
>
> > This " the same" value, is it the size of the 'invite' layer, it is
always
> 0,
> > is it some random number that has no apparent relationship with the size
> of the
> > layer and the size of the content ?
>
> The initial width is set to 405. The value I keep seeing is 415. This
> would appear to be because I am putting in a text which is 415 wide. I
did
> just notice, however, that if myText is very wide, I will see a number
> larger than 415, although 415 is actually the width of the DynLayer
itself.
> This may sound strange. Here is a bit more of my code:
>
> ////////////////////////
> // updateInvite
> ////////////////////////
> function updateInvite() {
> var myText = formLayer.doc.TextForm.InviteText.value
> re = /\r\n/g;
> myText = myText.replace(re, "<BR>");
> oldText = invite.textLayer.getHTML()
> var fontselindex = formLayer.doc.TextForm.Font.selectedIndex
> var sizeselindex = formLayer.doc.TextForm.Size.selectedIndex
> var colorselindex = formLayer.doc.TextForm.Color.selectedIndex
> var myText = "<B><FONT
> FACE='"+formLayer.doc.TextForm.Font[fontselindex].value+"' "+
> "SIZE="+formLayer.doc.TextForm.Size[sizeselindex].value+"
> "+
>
> "COLOR=#"+formLayer.doc.TextForm.Color[colorselindex].value+">"+
> myText+"<BR><BR>" +
> "Time: "+formLayer.doc.TextForm.Time.value+"<BR>"+
> "Place: "+formLayer.doc.TextForm.Place.value+"<BR>"+
> "Location:
"+formLayer.doc.TextForm.Location.value+"<BR>"+
> "Date: "+formLayer.doc.TextForm.Date.value+"<BR>"
>
> invite.textLayer.setHTML("<CENTER>"+
> myText+
> "</CENTER>")
>
> alert("width = "+invite.textLayer.getContentWidth()+" and size =
> "+(inviteWidth-invite.lMargin-invite.rMargin))
>
> alert(invite.textLayer.getWidth())
>
> if (invite.textLayer.getContentHeight() >
> inviteHeight-invite.tMargin-invite.bMargin) {
> invite.textLayer.setHTML(oldText)
> alert("Sorry, your message is too tall for this invitation.")
> }
> else if (invite.textLayer.getContentWidth() >
> inviteWidth-invite.lMargin-invite.rMargin) {
> invite.textLayer.setHTML(oldText)
> alert("Sorry, your message is too wide for this invitation.")
> }
> else {
>
> invite.textLayer.setHeight(inviteHeight-invite.tMargin-invite.bMargin)
>
invite.textLayer.setWidth(inviteWidth-invite.lMargin-invite.lMargin)
> invite.textLayer.moveTo(invite.lMargin,
>
>
(inviteHeight-invite.bMargin-invite.tMargin-invite.textLayer.getContentHeigh
> t())/2)
> }
> }
>
> The page is actually online at: http://65.108.142.83/NEWeinvites.htm If
you
> want to see your text actually work, use the upper left image (the rose)
> because it's the widest.
>
> The two alerts in the code are obviously just my debugging technique.
>
> Thanks,
> Hershel
>
>
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