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GetWidth

Returns the width of the current drawing.

Inherited from ApiDrawing.GetWidth.

Example​

Find the horizontal size of a shape in a PDF.

// How do I get the width of a drawn object in a PDF?

// Measure the left-to-right dimension of a shape in a PDF.

const doc = Api.GetDocument();
const page = doc.GetPage(0);

const fill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255, 111, 61));
const stroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
const shape = Api.CreateShape("flowChartMagneticTape", 150 * 36000, 65 * 36000, fill, stroke);
shape.SetPosition(608400, 1267200);

const width = shape.GetWidth();
const docContent = shape.GetContent();
const paragraph = docContent.GetElement(0);
paragraph.AddText("Drawing width: " + width);
page.AddObject(shape);