DrawString() - ignoring format?

hi

heres the code

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this->format = new StringFormat();
this->format->Alignment = StringAlignment::Near;// this line works
this->format->Trimming = StringTrimming::EllipsisWord;// this line doesnt
this->gr->DrawString(text, this->font, this->colour, this->area, this->format);
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the text doesnt fit within the area specified. but its not being trimmed, even though ive specified stringtrimming::ellipsisword.

it is accepting the format - if i change alignment to centre or far it works fine, but no matter what i set the trimming to, it just cuts the bottom line of my text in half - very amateur looking!

ive done it exactly how its shown in msdn - so what am i missing

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DrawString() - ignoring format?

MMatt
I guess you should also set the LineAlignment property of the StringFormat, and make sure you're not painting in an area that can contain more than 1 line of text for your selected font.
Dave Marsh
Try setting

this->format->FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags::LineLimit;

Tony
DrawString() - ignoring format?

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