Re: Center an SDI application on startup

From:
"Tom Serface" <tserface@msn.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:34:04 -0700
Message-ID:
<uHp4tKWkGHA.2200@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
Seems like a lot of trouble to go through when CenterWindow() works really
well for any CWnd object (as pointed out). However, you can use a similar
trick to size the window to any standard screen size you want (we use
800x600) on an initial startup.

Tom

"Ajay Kalra" <ajaykalra@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1150424043.469187.85980@r2g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

Mark F. wrote:

"JoeB" <joe@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

How simple is it to center an SPI application when it starts up in a
non-maximized window?

J


Here is another cool trick to center the mainframe at 90% of the screen
size. The code is added in the PreCreateWindow function.

--- snip ---
BOOL CMainFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs)
{
 if( !CMDIFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs) )
  return FALSE;

 // add this ------------------------------
 int xSize = ::GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
 int ySize = ::GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
 cs.cx = xSize * 9 / 10;
 cs.cy = ySize * 9 / 10;
 cs.x = (xSize - cs.cx) / 2;
 cs.y = (ySize - cs.cy) / 2;
 // ---------------------------------------

 return CMDIFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs);
}


One minor thing to note on this is that this is for MDI and not SDI. OP
will need to change the base class call appropriately.

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Ajay

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