Width of string

I'm trying to find the width of a string. I've tried using GetTextMetrics and multiplying the vaerage character with by the length returned from lstrlen but to no avail.

I also tried using DrawText with DT_CALCRECT but that didn't seem to work at all..

[edit:] Actually DT_CALCRECT was working, I forgot to add the 18px I was adding to the left side to bump it over a litle..

This should help:

SIZE txtSize;

GetTextExtentPoint32 (hdc, theText, strlen(theText), &txtSize);

Then use txtSize.cx an txtSize.cy

Awesome this is the exact answer I was just looking for!