length of a string in points APP

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April 23, 2018
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Hi,

How can I get the length of a string in points? (not the number of letters)

Florin

Aerospace & Defense

Best answer by GarethOakes

You're meant to run this during formatting so it picks up the current formatting properties. I haven't tested what it does outside of formatting context, it will pickup some defaults, but you can use PIs in the text string I believe (or wrap it in a styleSave(), styleChange(), and styleRestore()).

G

GarethOakes

16-Pearl

Here are a couple of options to measure a string:
APP code: <?show $^(#"Testing")>
JS code: var l = fLength(); l.text = 'Testing'; application.alert(l.makeAbsolute());