How do I get the width of a control ?

Question

If I create a new control like this: Label lb = new Label(); lb.Text=text; double w=lb.Width.Value; w always becomes 0 How do I get the actual width? Or how do I add 10 to the actual width? (lb.Width+=10 does not work)

mohdali81comp · Answer

Dear NisseHt there are two ways to create a button 1.Using GUI 2.Code in both ways if you create a button without setting its Width and Height they are by default 0 and when you try to retrieve them as you did double w=lb.Width.Value here the value is also 0 Sol. To solve this problem to have to set the Width and Height properties manually. if you are using code you should try something like this Label lb = new Label(); System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit newWidth = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit(30) lb.Width = newWidth double w=lb.Width.Value; the Width property is from System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit i.e Width is considered to be a Unit so we define a unit give it a value and then equal it with the Width property this way w is equal to 30 Incase of using GUI then simply in the property pane set the Width to 30 and your done. i hope this solves the problem