API referenceText

pdfGetFTextHeightEx

Same as [pdfGetFTextHeight](#api-pdfgetftextheight), but

CategoryText measurement
Notesame format-tag caveat as pdfGetFTextHeight

Purpose — Same as pdfGetFTextHeight, but takes Width explicitly instead of reading the current text rectangle.

Declarations

C
double __stdcall pdfGetFTextHeightExA(PPDF IPDF, double Width, int32_t Align, const char* AText);
double __stdcall pdfGetFTextHeightExW(PPDF IPDF, double Width, int32_t Align, const wchar_t* AText);
Delphi
function pdfGetFTextHeightExA(const IPDF: PPDF; Width: Double; Align: Integer; const AText: PAnsiChar): Double; stdcall; external 'LumasPdf.dll';
function pdfGetFTextHeightExW(const IPDF: PPDF; Width: Double; Align: Integer; const AText: PWideChar): Double; stdcall; external 'LumasPdf.dll';

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
IPDFPPDFInstance handle.
WidthDoubleRectangle width to simulate wrapping against.
AlignIntegerAccepted but not read — see pdfGetFTextHeight.
ATextstringText to measure. Same tag-parsing caveat as pdfGetFTextHeight.

Return value — Predicted height in points; 0.0 if Width <= 0, no font is selected, or AText is empty.

See alsopdfGetFTextHeight, pdfWriteFTextEx

C# (P/Invoke)

wrappers/dotnet/LumasPdf.cs
public static extern double pdfGetFTextHeightExA(IntPtr IPDF, double Width, int Align, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string AText);
public static extern double pdfGetFTextHeightExW(IntPtr IPDF, double Width, int Align, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string AText);
Area
Text
Category

Getters

Exported names

pdfGetFTextHeightExA pdfGetFTextHeightExW

String variants

The …A form takes UTF-8, …W takes UTF-16; a bare name aliases the ANSI form.

See working code

Worked examples — complete programs in ten languages.