OpenEuphoria

Re: Win32 Lib, moving windows

• Posted by Kat <gertie at ZEBRA.NET> Apr 18, 2000
• 467 views

----- Original Message -----
From: "Agent Spectre" <Email at SPECTRESOFTWARE.CO.UK>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 3:36 PM
Subject: Win32 Lib, moving windows


>How can I tell if a window has been moved using the win32lib?
>Example, I have an application that uses two windows, and want them to stay
"locked" a >certain distance apart.

Just playing devils' advocate here for a second, not sniping at you.....

What if the screen is resized? What if one of the screens is closed, what
does the other one do? How about what happens if you fix everything, and the
user changes the available system fonts out from under you?

I'd suggest you launch *one* window, with fixed child windows inside the
parent, making the parent window transparent, maybe. Setting the child
windows to locked inside the parent, and visable only if the parent is
visable, and making both child windows visable if the parent is active. But
i am *very* far from a windoze expert, and have no idea how to do that. But
it does sound pretty restrictive to me. Have you considered just making them
both popup relative to each other and thereafter let the user move them to
their liking? One of the *many* reasons i don't use ICQ is the way it takes
over the desktop at times, it's not a good user interface.

Kat