Getting exact width of text

Hi Folks,

Is there a way to get the width of text in a caption. I would like to flash up a piece of Text with a dark (transparent) background behind it. Is there a way to calculate the width of the text each time it changes in order to correctly size the parent widget (with the background)?

Thanks for your help
All the best,
Ash

MyGUI::IntSize size = edit->getTextSize();

Arg sorry, how did I miss that!

Thanks!
Ash