Get The Width Of A String
Preparations
Add 1 Label to 
your form (named Label1).
Set the Label AutoSize propery to True, and Visible 
propery to False
Form Code
Private 
Function TextExtent(txt As String)  
    As Integer
   
 Label1.Caption = 
txt
   TextExtent =   Label1.Width
End Function  
Private Sub 
Form_Load()
    'change the 
"VBTown" below with the string you want to measure  
    MsgBox 
("The width of the string 'VBTown' is: " & TextExtent("VBTown"))
End Sub