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RE: Centering Windows

• Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com> May 23, 2001
• 458 views

Chris,

Here is my version.  It takes into account the size and location of the 
task bar as well as the screen resolution:


-- start --
include win32lib.ew

-- these constants are used in 'getWorkArea'
constant
  xSystemParameters = registerw32Function
                      (user32, "SystemParametersInfoA", 
                      {C_UINT, C_UINT, C_POINTER, C_UINT}, C_LONG),
  SPI_GETWORKAREA = 48

  ------------------------------
-- FUNCTION: getWorkArea()
--  Returns: sequence containing the coordinates of the work area, 
--           expressed in virtual screen coordinates {x1,y1, x2,y2}
  ------------------------------
global function getWorkArea()
  atom mset, workarea
  sequence wa_out

  -- get pointer for RECT structure to receive coordinates
  mset = new_memset()
  workarea = acquire_mem( mset, SIZEOF_RECT )
  

  -- call C function from user32.dll
  if not w32Func( xSystemParameters, {SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, workarea, 0} ) 
then
    warnErr( "getWorkspace:SystemParametersInfo failed" )
  end if

  -- set return sequence
  wa_out = { fetch( workarea, rectLeft ),  fetch( workarea, rectTop ),
             fetch( workarea, rectRight ), fetch( workarea, rectBottom ) 
}

  -- free pointer
  free( mset )

  return wa_out

end function

  ------------------------------
-- FUNCTION: centerWindow
--   uses 'getWorkArea' to center window on destop,
--     regardless of taskbar location & size
--  Parameters:
--    id: ID of Window/Pixmap
  ------------------------------
global procedure centerWindow( integer id )
  sequence wa, wa_size, id_size
  integer winx, winy

  wa = getWorkArea()
  wa_size = { wa[3]-wa[1], wa[4]-wa[2] }
  id_size = getCtlSize( id )

  winx = wa[1] + floor( (wa_size[1] - id_size[1])/2 )
  winy = wa[2] + floor( (wa_size[2] - id_size[2])/2 )
  setRect( id, winx, winy, id_size[1], id_size[2], True )
end procedure

-- end --

-- Brian

Chris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know how to center win32lib windows no matter what the 
> screen 
> resolution is?
> 
> Chris
>