Joaquim Homrighausen mentioned this to All:
 JH> I then use the
 JH> GetTextExtent() call to figure out the width in pixels
You can use the Canvas.TextWidth method to do this, too.
 JH> , and then tell TSG
 JH> that column such and such should be of this width, it works for all
 JH> columns with one exception:
 JH>   XS:=FormatDateTime('ddddd @ t', Now);
I don't know why it should be unusually long.  Try it using 
StringGrid1.Canvas.TextWidth and see if you get the same result.
                                ...Gary
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