"Max. number of text lines" and "Word Wrap"

Question

Hi all, 
 
 We've been using Passolo 2018 for quite some time to process client translations based on their metadata (font, size, max length, etc.). 
 Therefore, it's important that the translations meet the given criteria of adhering to the max width (pixel) and max number of lines. 
 
 However, this does not seem to work when having "Word Wrap" enabled. It will still catch errors for text that goes beyond the max length, but it's no longer able to catch issues due to exceeding the max number of lines allowed. 
 The reason we're using Word Wrap is that without it, the Check QA will output false errors (a string is flagged because it exceeds the max length, but is actually correct, as it will be shown as 2 lines within the client's system). FYI, the client doesn't want any manual line breaks to be used. 
 
 Is there a way to set up Passolo so that it will catch both errors when running the Check function (max length and max number of lines), while Word Wrap is active?

Adrian Maniu · Answer

I do not see any option to enable this but maybe you can look into using Text Renderer - https://docs.rws.com/785448/507902/passolo-help/text-renderer 
 This feature has options to set Height of the text and can have Word Wrap active too, offering you proper way to check how would the text look.

Achim Herrmann · Answer

The WordWrap function is an internal function of the Windows GDI that is used by Passolo to render the strings. Without inserting a CR or LF character WordWrap will move the text to the next line at the end of the given width. Windows GDI doesn&rsquo;t give you back where the text was wrapped or how many lines were used to display the text. 
 So as already explained you need to define a maximum height in pixel calculated by multiplying the font line height and the max. number of lines that are available. Then the check will work properly.

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"Max. number of text lines" and "Word Wrap"