how can i make a ring control resize itself to display the whole text?

[Matthew Simpson]

I have a vi which loads strings from a text file into a ring control. i would like to make it resize itself so that it doesn't clip off any of the text in each item. Is there any way of doing this?

[Brian_Vibert]

You could get the size of the string using "Get Text Rect.vi" and use the size of your longest string to set the width of your ring. I made a quick example to give you an idea of what I mean.

Brian

[AristosQueue (NI)]

Brian's VI gave me a good starting point, but here's a far more complete utility that takes into account the font of the ring, any styling done to add extra parts, etc. It also is a VIM so you can retain the strict typing of the value field when you use the output.

Saved in LV2017.