=  Question: Can I "measure" a string to let me center it at a lat/long? =

I'm displaying a symbol using [wiki:AddMilStd2525Symbol] and would like to center a text label beneath it. It looks like the offset values are offsets from the lat/long. 

Is there a method similar to !MeasureString that I can use to calculate what my offsets would be to get the string centered (horizontally) at the lat/long?

Here's my code snippet:

layer.!AddMilStd2525Symbol(layer_handle, latitude, longitude, imagePath);

layer.!AddText(layer_handle, latitude, longitude, targetName, 0, 15);



=  Environment =

||  !FalconView Version: || FalconView 4.0.1   ||
||      Interface: || ILayerEditor   ||
||     Language: || Visual C++  ||

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-- !CraigEddy - 07 Mar 2008

=  Answer =

You can use the Win32 API method !GetTextExtentPoint32 after selecting the appropriate font into the device context.