Yup..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis McGrath" <[email protected]>
To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 8:33 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Scaleby.doc
I see what you mean.
(CVAL('SCREENRECT'))
would return 4 numbers being the bounds of the usable screen area.
Everything could be calculated from that.
Dennis McGrath
Software Developer
QMI Security Solutions
1661 Glenlake Ave
Itasca IL 60143
630-980-8461
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Byerley
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 9:39 PM
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Scaleby.doc
No you don't. The Rect of the screen excluding the taskbar doesn't care
where the taskbar is located.
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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]
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:
: 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]
: > :
: >
: >
: >
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