diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/PixelConverter.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/PixelConverter.java
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+package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.internal.ui;
+
+
+/**********************************************************************
+Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 IBM Corp. and others.
+All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v0.5
+which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v05.html
+
+Contributors:
+    IBM Corporation - Initial implementation
+**********************************************************************/
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog;
+import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.FontMetrics;
+import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
+
+public class PixelConverter
+{
+	private FontMetrics fFontMetrics;
+
+	public PixelConverter( Control control )
+	{
+		GC gc = new GC( control );
+		gc.setFont( control.getFont() );
+		fFontMetrics = gc.getFontMetrics();
+		gc.dispose();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.DialogPage#convertHeightInCharsToPixels(int)
+	 */
+	public int convertHeightInCharsToPixels( int chars )
+	{
+		return Dialog.convertHeightInCharsToPixels( fFontMetrics, chars );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.DialogPage#convertHorizontalDLUsToPixels(int)
+	 */
+	public int convertHorizontalDLUsToPixels( int dlus )
+	{
+		return Dialog.convertHorizontalDLUsToPixels( fFontMetrics, dlus );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.DialogPage#convertVerticalDLUsToPixels(int)
+	 */
+	public int convertVerticalDLUsToPixels( int dlus )
+	{
+		return Dialog.convertVerticalDLUsToPixels( fFontMetrics, dlus );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.DialogPage#convertWidthInCharsToPixels(int)
+	 */
+	public int convertWidthInCharsToPixels( int chars )
+	{
+		return Dialog.convertWidthInCharsToPixels( fFontMetrics, chars );
+	}
+}