centering text on page when printing

[aspro]

I am trying to print a windows form i have created in VB .net. When printing the heading i use

ev.Graphics.DrawString(Label1.Text, headingFont, drawBrush, 390, 7)

This is puts it in the middle but not if the DPI changes. I am pretty much at the end of the line so any help would be greatly appreciated.

aspro

 

[SHelton]

Use Graphics.MeasureString to get the length of the text you are going to draw, then use the value returned from

(Form.Width / 2) - (Text.Length / 2)

as your X parameter in DrawString to draw the text horizontally central.

 

[aspro]

thanks for ur help but i seem to be having a few problems with measurestring mainly the sizeF section of it. how can i convert it to an integer so that i can do the calculations?

aspro

 

[SHelton]

Dim sfText As SizeF = g.MeasureString("My Text", New Font("Tahoma", 10))

Dim i As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(sfText.Width)

 

[aspro]

How come I can't put the center x value into the drawline like this?

ev.Graphics.DrawString(Label1.Text, headingFont, drawBrush, middle, 7)

thanks
aspro

 

[SHelton]

What is the variable

middle

?

If it is the centre of the form (i.e. the form width divided by 2) then using it as the X parameter of DrawString will result in the text being drawn slightly off centre.

If it's not the centre of the form, what is it ?

 

[aspro]

Sorry should have explained a little better.
But all is good I have fixed it all up and it works perfect.
Thanks a lot for ur help.

aspro