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GetTextSize ( text )

returns the font text size, taking into account subscript and superscript

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Joe Gold - Show more from this author Angel City Data http://www.angelcitydata.com

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/* GetTextSize function (Not a recursive function) Author: Joe Gold Format: GetTextSize(text) Parameter: text - any text expression or text field Data type returned: number Description: Returns the text font size, taking into account superscript and subscript. */ Let ([ SizeStart = Position ( GetAsCSS( text ) ; "font-size" ; 1 ; 1) ; SizeEnd = Position ( GetAsCSS(text ) ; ";" ; SizeStart ; 1 ) ; FontSize= Middle ( GetAsCSS ( text ) ; SizeStart+11 ; SizeEnd- (SizeStart+11) -2) ]; If ( SizeStart * SizeEnd ; Case ( PatternCount ( GetAsCSS( text ) ; "vertical-align: text-top")>0 or PatternCount (GetAsCSS(text) ;"vertical-align: text-bottom")>0; FontSize*2; FontSize) ;"")) Click to copy

returns the text font size, taking into account subscript and superscript

 

Comments

		Michael Kupietz, Michael Kupietz FileMaker Consulting Sep 3, 2011
Same problem as GetFontSize function, see my comment on that function's page on this site.

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