GetPreferredSize(Control) Method

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Overrides Function GetPreferredSize( _
   ByVal editor As Control _
) As Size

'Usage
 
Dim instance As RichTextCellType
Dim editor As Control
Dim value As Size
 
value = instance.GetPreferredSize(editor)

public override Size GetPreferredSize( 
   Control editor
)

Parameters

editor: Name of editor control

This method calculates the height and width required to display the rich text in the editor control in the cell.

This example returns the width of the editor control.

C#

FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.RichTextCellType rtb;

private void Form1Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
      rtb = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.RichTextCellType();
      rtb.Multiline = true;
      fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 0].CellType = rtb;
      System.IO.StreamReader file = new System.IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath + "\\test.rtf");
      string words = file.ReadToEnd();
      fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 0].Value = words;
}

private void fpSpread1EditModeOn(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
      Size s;
      s = rtb.GetPreferredSize(fpSpread1.EditingControl);
      MessageBox.Show("The width of the editor is " + s.Width.ToString());
}

Visual Basic

Dim rtb As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.RichTextCellType

Private Sub Form1Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
      rtb.Multiline = True
      FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(0, 0).CellType = rtb
      Dim file As New System.IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath & "\test.rtf")
      Dim words As String = file.ReadToEnd()
      FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(0, 0).Value = words
End Sub

Private Sub FpSpread1EditModeOn(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles FpSpread1.EditModeOn
      Dim s As Size
      s = rtb.GetPreferredSize(FpSpread1.EditingControl)
      MessageBox.Show("The width of the editor is " & s.Width.ToString())
End Sub

Reference

RichTextCellType Class
RichTextCellType Members
Overload List