Re: CStatic GetClientRect, SetWindowPos weirdness...
"TomCooper" <TomCooper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25B1EDEB-CA8F-457D-A070-F9690AAFA13F@microsoft.com...
If I call this function and pass in a CStatic with a static edge, it
shrinks
the window by 2 pixels each time.
It works fine without a static edge.
Can anyone explain why?
The function Weirdness is trimmed down icon moving function, I'm not
really
trying to set an icon to the postion it is already in.
Cheers,
Tom
void CMyWindow::Weirdness(CWnd& window)
{
CRect rect;
window.GetClientRect(&rect);
window.ClientToScreen(&rect);
ScreenToClient(&rect);
int height = rect.Height();
window.SetWindowPos(0, rect.left, rect.top, rect.Width(), rect.Height(),
SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOZORDER );
}
GetClientRect gets the inside of the window, its 'client' area inside any
border. But SetWindowPos sets the outside of the window. Try changing from
GetClientRect to GetWindowRect.
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