Function to return Layout width (NOT window width)

[James Gill]

Is there a function that I can use that will return the width of a specified Layout and NOT the current window width?  I'm running into layout sizing issues and want to create a way to resize a window but only if the destination layout is larger than the layout that I am coming from.  I'd like to avoid having to Resize the window to get the Layout width.

[dwdata]

Hey James,

Create an invisible box or line on your layout, stretch horizontally the width of your layout, then name the object "width_box". Mae sure it is butted up to left edge and the right anchor  is not checked (not to stretch with window change)

Now you can use:

GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( "width_box" ; "width" )

to grab the actual width of the layout.

Does that work? If not, more details.

Edited August 13, 2015 by dwdata