<< Anyone have something like that or know what the equation would be so I can write it? >>
This is called Font Metrics and there are routines built into Windows (or, at least, into Delphi which I think calls the built in Windows fonts) to calculate how many pixels are required for a given string.. The logic is that you create a thingy of the right type (edit box, label, etc) and call GetTextExtent with a string argument, and it returns a height and width in pixels for the rectangle needed to write the text on that control (given the current font settings). It's possible you can call the necessary internal Windows functions directly from R:Base. If not, it would be fairly straightforward to write something to do this. -- Larry
