Width of border dialog

[Marc Vanzegbroeck]

Hi,

What value do have to use in GetSysMetrics() to return the thickness of dthe dialog-border?



Thanks,
Marc

[Antonio Linares]

Marc,

Try with:

#define SM_CXDLGFRAME 7
#define SM_CYDLGFRAME 8

[Marc Vanzegbroeck]

Antonio,

Thankt that is correct. The problem why I thought this is not the correct value is that I added to oWnd:nLeft, but this value is nagative.
Can you try this sample. Here I get the value -8 instead of 0

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#include "FiveWin.ch"
func test()
   local oWnd
   DEFINE WINDOW oWnd TITLE 'Test'

   ACTIVATE WINDOW oWnd MAXIMIZED on init(msginfo(oWnd:nLeft))
return


Why is this not 0?
Marc

[Marcelo Via Giglio]

Hello,

with GetSysMetrics() we can get metrics values about dialog, how we can set these values,
is it possible?

regards

Marcelo

[Marc Vanzegbroeck]

Marcelo,

You can change the height and witdth of a dialog with oDlg:nWidth and oDlg:nHeight
You can also get the height and witdth of the dialog calling those.

Regards,
Marc

[Marcelo Via Giglio]

Marc,

thanks for your response, but I talk about other metrics, like the caption of dialog

regards

Marcelo

Marcelo,

You can change the height and witdth of a dialog with oDlg:nWidth and oDlg:nHeight
You can also get the height and witdth of the dialog calling those.

Regards,
Marc

[Antonio Linares]

Marc,

-8 is ok for a maximized window, as Windows places the left border of the maximized window out of the visible screen

[Antonio Linares]

Marcelo,

It seems that Windows API function SystemParametersInfo() lets change some of the system settings. We have never tested it.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724947(VS.85).aspx