Thread: Screen co-ords for dialog box

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    Screen co-ords for dialog box

    After having created a dialog box using CreateDialogParam(),
    how should I specify the location where it should be on the screen e.g If I want it to always be at the centre of the screen.
    When I call ShowWindow(), it seem to use some kind of random system co-ordinates. e.g it may once appear at the top-left, the next time at the top-right, etc...

    Thanx
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    Gerald.

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    I use this to set the dlg in the center of the parents screen.
    send in the child dlg's HWND
    Code:
    int DialogCenter(HWND hWnd)
    {
    	RECT rDialog, rParent;
    	
    	GetWindowRect(hWnd, &rDialog);
    	GetWindowRect(GetParent(hWnd), &rParent);
    	MoveWindow(hWnd, (rParent.right - rParent.left - (rDialog.right - rDialog.left)) / 2,
    			(rParent.bottom - rParent.top - (rDialog.bottom - rDialog.top)) / 2,
    			rDialog.right - rDialog.left, rDialog.bottom - rDialog.top, FALSE);
    
    	return 0;
    }
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    centering dialog

    What about if the dialog has not parent? Will this still work?


    SM_CXFULLSCREEN, SM_CYFULLSCREEN

    int iScreenWidth = GetSystemMetrics(
    SM_CXFULLSCREEN
    );

    int iScreenHeight = GetSystemMetrics(
    SM_CYFULLSCREEN
    );


    now you can center from there.....
    zMan

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    >>What about if the dialog has not parent? Will this still work?

    There has to be a parent unless that is your main dlg / window.

    I would use

    hdcTemp=GetDC(NULL);
    iWidth =GetDeviceCaps(hdcTemp,HORZRES);
    iHeight =GetDeviceCaps(hdcTemp,VERTRES);
    ReleaseDC(hWnd,hdcTemp);

    or

    hDesktop=GetDesktopWindow();
    GetWindowRect(hDesktop,&DesktopRect);
    "Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter."
    Friedrich Nietzsche

    "I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars......the rest I squandered."
    George Best

    "If you are going through hell....keep going."
    Winston Churchill

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    add the DS_CENTER style to your dialog resource
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