Form class cannot get measurestring to work

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Ran into a snag with the MeasureString- seems as if the class isn’t registering the TEXT being passed to it:

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WinForm-Dynamic-Height.dyn (12.4 KB)

Found this great form to pull from and developing my own forms in python. Didn’t realize Python also did classes- pouring more gas on the fire as I learn!

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import clr
import sys
import math


clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")
clr.AddReference("System.Drawing")

import System.Drawing
import System.Windows.Forms

from System.Drawing import *
from System.Windows.Forms import *

##https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/reporting-to-user-at-the-end-of-dynamo-player-script/37421/6
from System.Windows.Forms import Form,Label,Button,FormBorderStyle,FormStartPosition

##https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/winform-python-with-sharpdevelop/75872/2
class ShortForm(Form):
    def __init__(self, strtext):               ##Class initialize on new or call
        self.out = []                       ##Empty output field
        self.InitializeComponent(strtext)      ##Passs text to Initialize
		
    def InitializeComponent(self, strtext):    ##

        form = Form() 
        form.Width = 300                    #Width
        form.Height = 200                   ##Height
        form.Text = "Script Result:"        ##Form Title
    
        form.FormBorderStyle  = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog ##Remove the maximize box.
        form.MaximizeBox = False            ## Set the MinimizeBox to false to remove the minimize box.
        form.MinimizeBox = False            ## Set the accept button of the form to button1.
        form.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
        form.AutoScroll = True
    
        label = System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        label.Parent = form 
        label.Text = strtext 
        label.Width = form.Width - 55
        ##https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388937/determine-label-size-based-upon-amount-of-text-and-font-size-in-winforms-c
        DynamicHt = System.Drawing.Graphics.MeasureString(str(strtext), label.Font, (int)(form.Width-55) )
        label.Height =  math.ceil(DynamicHt)
        label.AutoSize=False
        #label.Size = System.Drawing.Size(Form.Width - 55,0)    ##<<<<<<<<<<DEBUG
        label.Left=10
        label.Top= 10
        form.ShowDialog()

#################################################################

Text="".join(IN[0]) 
form = ShortForm(Text)          ##INITIALIZE SHORT FORM
Application.Run(form())

OUT=form.out
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From the .Net doc MeasureString is not a Static Method

there are some examples here

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Thanks- Saw those - and the python seems to be ignoring the overload of ,,

It only reports the font and width in the error- making me thing it isn’t seeing the text. Really odd.

The original post uses “SharpDevelop” which may? solve the issues?

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here an example

MeasureString_test

import sys
import clr
import System
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

clr.AddReference('System.Drawing')
clr.AddReference('System.Windows.Forms')
import System.Drawing
import System.Windows.Forms

from System.Drawing import *
from System.Windows.Forms import *
import math

class Form20(Form):
	def __init__(self):
		self.InitializeComponent()
	
	def InitializeComponent(self):
		self._label1 = System.Windows.Forms.Label()
		self._buttonFill = System.Windows.Forms.Button()
		self.SuspendLayout()
		# 
		# label1
		# 
		self._label1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle
		self._label1.Font = System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, 0)
		self._label1.Location = System.Drawing.Point(12, 25)
		self._label1.Name = "label1"
		self._label1.Size = System.Drawing.Size(368, 83)
		self._label1.TabIndex = 0
		self._label1.Text = "MyText"
		# 
		# buttonFill
		# 
		self._buttonFill.Location = System.Drawing.Point(126, 130)
		self._buttonFill.Name = "buttonFill"
		self._buttonFill.Size = System.Drawing.Size(142, 38)
		self._buttonFill.TabIndex = 1
		self._buttonFill.Text = "Rearrange Text Rectangle"
		self._buttonFill.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True
		self._buttonFill.Click += self.ButtonFillClick
		# 
		# Form20
		# 
		self.ClientSize = System.Drawing.Size(392, 180)
		self.MaximizeBox = False
		self.MinimizeBox = False
		self.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog
		self.Controls.Add(self._buttonFill)
		self.Controls.Add(self._label1)
		self.Name = "Form20"
		self.Text = "Form20"
		self.ResumeLayout(False)


	def ButtonFillClick(self, sender, e):
		#
		with self.CreateGraphics() as g:
			size = g.MeasureString(self._label1.Text, self._label1.Font)
			# add margin
			size += System.Drawing.SizeF(5.0, 5.0)
			# ajust label size
			self._label1.Height = math.ceil(size.Height)
			self._label1.Width = math.ceil(size.Width)

		
objForm = Form20()
objForm.ShowDialog()
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Ok found the means to wrap text and scroll vertically only in a fixed size dialog. This wraps the text to the form width -40px allowing the auto-wrap to be constrained to that width with unlimited height for a scroll…

I maybe wasn’t clear before. @c.poupin - I had seen the class wrapper here in the youtube python net tutorials but the spokesperson is just following the examples; yours was quite helpful with the basic class wrapper to use for comparison!

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forms are sooo much easier editing graphically!

import clr
import sys

clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")
clr.AddReference("System.Drawing")

import System
from System import Drawing
import System.Drawing
import System.Windows.Forms

from System.Drawing import *
from System.Windows.Forms import *
import math

##https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/reporting-to-user-at-the-end-of-dynamo-player-script/37421/6
from System.Windows.Forms import Form,Label,Button,FormBorderStyle,FormStartPosition

#################################################################################
class popup(Form):
    ##
    def __init__(self,text):
        self.InitializeComponent(text)
        
    def InitializeComponent(self,text): 
        #form = Form() 
        self.ClientSize = System.Drawing.Size(300, 200)                 ##Height
        self.Text = "Result:"        ##Form Title
    
        self.FormBorderStyle  = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog ##Remove the maximize box.
        self.MaximizeBox = False            ## Set the MinimizeBox to false to remove the minimize box.
        self.MinimizeBox = False            ## Set the accept button of the form to button1.
        self.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
        self.AutoScroll = True
        self.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical
       
        ########Label for text#####
        
        self.label = Label() 
        self.label.Parent = self 
        self.label.Text = text 
        self.label.TextAlign = ContentAlignment.TopLeft
        self.label.Font = System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 10, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, 0)
        
        self.label.AutoSize = True
        
        ##https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1204804/word-wrap-for-a-label-in-windows-forms
        ##This was the key to the wrapping inside the label in the form...
        self.label.MaximumSize  = System.Drawing.Size(self.Width-40,0)
        self.label.WordWrap=True
        
        self.label.Left=10
        self.label.Top=10 
        self.ResumeLayout(False)

text="".join(IN[0]) 

oForm=popup("FOO" + text)   ##Set the form with the text value
oForm.ShowDialog()          ##Show the form

For anyone else looking to use this here is a dyn with the examples enclosed:
Legends-Delete-Unused-V01-00.dyn (16.0 KB)

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