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Marcelito Escort · Newbie Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 10

How can I do to place an element in a pos <0.
This is an example of what i´m trying to do:

jules · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 1:46 pm Post subject:

It's not possible using DIALOG SETPOS, because VDS treats a negative top or left position as null, in order that you can change the width or height without having to specify the top and left position.

There's probably an API way to do it...

Garrett · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject:

Jules, would WINDOW POSITION,~ELEMENT,-10,-10 work?

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Skit3000 · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject:

If you use the window position command, please note that you have to give the position relative to the screen, not to the dialog itself... Smile

Garrett · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject:

jules · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject:

I dunno. WINDOW POSITION is basically a wrapper round an API call, so it might work, except that getting the handle of the dialog element you want to move isn't as simple as using @winexists().

@winexists() only gets you main windows. You would have to walk through the child windows to find the handle of the child you want, pretty much like the Window Spy does. The good news is that you only have to do this once, because once the element is created its handle will stay the same for the duration of the program.

Marcelito Escort · Newbie Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 10

and... how can i get the handle of an especific element in my dialog?

vdsalchemist · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:14 pm Post subject:

jules · Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject:

Of course it does! For some reason, I was thinking about getting the handle of an element from another application. @winexists() can get the handle of an application's own elements (if they have one). Thanks for correcting my mistake.