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Re: Win32Libv50: How make window invisible (initially?)?

• Posted by Matthew Lewis <MatthewL at KAPCOUSA.COM> Sep 27, 2000
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> From: Brian Broker
>
> What kind of routines are you looking for?  I've created quite a few
> already, like my centerwin.ew lib for centering a window in
> the desktop
> workspace.  I plan on integrating those into Win32Lib (as I
> suggested in an
> earlier post, e.g. getClientRect( Screen ) should return what
> my getWorkarea
> () function returns) and submitting the changes to Derek.  Or are we
> looking for an add-on lib?
>

I'm not really sure, but I suspect that what I have in mind would probably
be better off as an add-on.  I wasn't very clear, though.  What I'm really
after is a way to size and position all of the controls within a window,
resize the fonts, etc.  Then, rather than supplying absolute coordinates for
the x,y and the size parameters for create(), there would be a call to
getSystemMetrics() or something, and the parameters would be resolved by
function calls or something:

include win32lib.ew
include winsize.ew  -- here's the add-on lib

constant
Win = create(Window, "Test", 0, 0, 0, screenPctX( 50 ),screenPctY( 50), ),
MyLabel = create( RText, "MyLabel", Win, winPctX( Win, 5 ), winPctY( Win, 10
), winPctX(Win,10), winPctY(Win, 4), 0)
...
etc

The hardest part of this is figuring out what sort of API to use.  Once
that's done, it should be pretty easy to write the rest.  I just haven't
come up with something that seems like a good idea.

Matt