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Subject: Re: Re: height and width of a figure
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Hello!


> Hi Patrick and all the others
>
> thanks for your answer. I  think I asked my question a little bit
unclearly.
> I wanted to know if i can get the width of a figure, or the overlaywidth
of
> this figure as a numeric. I want to make a frame like this:
> \framed[width=<width of \exernalfigure[fig]>, height=<height of
> \externalfigure[fig]>]{blabla}.

> I don't know if such a thing is possible, I didn't find such a thing in a
> manual.

Why dont You just put the figure into a box? You can always say:

\newdimen\W
\newdimen\H
\setbox0\hbox{\externalfigure[your_figure]}
\W=\wd0\relax
\H=\ht0
\advance\H by \dp0\relax
\the\W
\the\H
\end

Such row TeX code always work:)

Regards, Pawe/l