LVM_GETSTRINGWIDTH Overview  Group

The LVM_GETSTRINGWIDTH message determines the width of a specified string, using the specified list view control’s current font. You can send this message explicitly or by using the ListView_GetStringWidth macro.

LVM_GETSTRINGWIDTH 

wParam = 0; 

lParam = (LPARAM) (LPCSTR) psz; 

 

Parameters

psz

Pointer to a null-terminated string.

Return Values

Returns the string width if successful or zero otherwise.

Remarks

The LVM_GETSTRINGWIDTH message returns the exact width, in pixels, of the specified string. If you use the returned string width as the column width in the LVM_SETCOLUMNWIDTH message, the string will be truncated. To get the column width that can contain the string without truncating it, you must add padding to the returned string width.

See Also

ListView_GetStringWidth, LVM_SETCOLUMNWIDTH