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

int ListView_GetStringWidth(

HWND hwnd,
LPCSTR psz
);

Parameters

hwnd

Handle to the list view control.

psz

Pointer to a null-terminated string.

Return Values

Returns the string width if successful or zero otherwise.

Remarks

The ListView_GetStringWidth macro returns the exact width, in pixels, of the specified string. If you use the returned string width as the column width in a call to the ListView_SetColumnWidth macro, 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_SetColumnWidth, LVM_GETSTRINGWIDTH