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V32PGetTextWidth()
Returns an array of 255 elements corresponding each character of ASCII table containing average character width of each character used for printing, on the basis of supplied printer, orientation and font info.

Syntax
V32PGetTextWidth( cnPrinter, nOrientation, aFont ) 

Arguments
Param Default

Description
cnPrinter 0 Either the name of the printer or its ordinal position in the Windows registry. Defaults to 0 = Default Printer.
nOrientation 1 Portrait or Landscape. Defaults to 1 = Portrait.
aFont Courier New The structure of aFont must be { cFont, nPointSize, nAngle, lBold, lItalic, lUnderline, lStrikeOut, nCharSet } DEFAULTS to { 'Courier New', 12, 0, .f.,.f.,.f.,.f., DEFAULT_CHARSET }

Returns
NIL

Description
This function lets you calculate the width of a given string so that you could place your text objects on the paper precisely at a position. 

To use it effectively, you need to create a database wherein the values returned through this function with various font parameters are stored in advance of the real printing jobs. If you issue this command interactively with other VPE commands, the printing will tend to too slow. But how best do you use it depends on your requirements.

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