how to create custom windows tile with autosized font on it

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Windows tile will adjust the font size or text by accepting tile size. also adjust the font size By accepting a rectangular region. the main intention of mine is that ,not to get truncate font @ windows tile when the font size got longer. instead what I want is to auto minimize or make the tile shape to rectangle automaticaly inorder to make the font size to fit with tile size. i have been searching the solution but i cant make it.

please help me guy's!!!

with a regards,

Posted 2-Jul-15 22:28pm

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Ralf Meier · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-02T22:42:00

This could be done very easy with the System.Windows.Forms.TextRenderer.MeassureString-method.
You give it your text and your font and it gives you a size.
Now you have to build a method, which compares (by trying) which maximum fontsize would match.
You have to increase or decrease the try-fontsize until the TextRenderer-Size matches best to your Control-Size.

VB

Function GetFontSizeMatch(ByVal myText As String, ByVal myFont As Font, ByVal mySize As Size) As Single

    If Trim(myText).Length <= 0 Then myText = "X"

    Dim currentSize As Single = CSng(myFont.Size)
    Dim workFont As Font = New Font(myFont.Name, currentSize, myFont.Style, myFont.Unit)

    Dim Nutzbreite As Single = CSng(mySize.Width)
    Dim Nutzhöhe As Single = CSng(mySize.Height)
    Dim myTextSize As SizeF

    If (Nutzbreite >= 1) AndAlso (Nutzhöhe >= 1) Then
        Do
            currentSize += 4.0 : If currentSize > 50 Then Exit Do
            workFont = New Font(workFont.Name, currentSize, workFont.Style, workFont.Unit)
            myTextSize = TextRenderer.MeasureText(myText, workFont)
        Loop Until (myTextSize.Width > Nutzbreite) Or (myTextSize.Height > Nutzhöhe)

        Do
            currentSize -= 0.5 : If currentSize < 5 Then Exit Do
            workFont = New Font(workFont.Name, currentSize, workFont.Style, workFont.Unit)
            myTextSize = TextRenderer.MeasureText(myText, workFont)
        Loop Until (myTextSize.Width <= Nutzbreite) AndAlso (myTextSize.Height <= Nutzhöhe)

    End If

    Return currentSize

End Function