No you don't. The Rect of the screen excluding the taskbar doesn't care where the taskbar is located. ______________ | | | | | | | | | |-|-----------------|
If the TB is on the Left above, the remainder is the available Rect. That's the Screen area you need to reference. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis McGrath" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 1:46 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Scaleby.doc : You still need to know the location of the taskbar so you can move the form : up,down,left, or right.as needed. : : Dennis McGrath : [email protected] : [email protected] : : : On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Mike Byerley <[email protected]> wrote: : : > You don't need that complex of enhancement. You only need the Rect of the : > space MINUS the taskbar. : > : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Dennis McGrath" <[email protected]> : > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> : > Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 1:13 PM : > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Scaleby.doc : > : > : > : I've done some more work with Steve Markson's Scaleby code. : > : : > : One thing I discovered is how important knowing the the location and size : > : of the taskbar is. : > : : > : Setting the form TOP to zero doesn't make sense if the taskbar is on the : > : top of the screen. : > : Also, if the taskbar is on the left or right, the form may be partially : > : hidden. : > : : > : I've requested an enhancement for CVAL('TASKBAR') which would return the : > : location T/B/L/R and the size of the taskbar. : > : This would let us really make scaleby code smart enough to get it right : > : every time. : > : : > : : > : Dennis McGrath : > : [email protected] : > : [email protected] : > : : > : > : > :
