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Re: Position WinHelp mainwindow in multi monitor system

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From: JF Jolin
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:54
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17 Oct 2004 17:19:38 +0200, Wiebe Vos, Foxware wrote:

> Thanks, however SetWindowPos ( HWND, etc ), with what Handle and when?
>
> Wiebe G. Vos
>
> "JF Jolin" <jfj@nospam.com> schreef in bericht 
> news:opsfzshzixz6rw7b@newsgroups.borland.com...
>> 15 Oct 2004 12:36:01 +0200, Wiebe Vos, Foxware  wrote:
>>
>>> BCB4 + All updates.
>>>
>>> In a multi monitor system (all minitors attached to one videoadaptor),
>>> Screen->MonitorCount=1 and Screen->Width yields the sum of the
>>> width of all monitors.
>>> The (classic) WinHelp mainwindow allways pops up with a Width
>>> "stretched" towards the right edge of the rightmost monitor, which
>>> is very much undesireable..
>>> Is there a way to correct the "popup" position and size of this
>>> WinHelp mainwindow at run time?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Wiebe G. Vos
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> SetWindowPos() might be used punctualy.
>>
>> -- JF Jolin
>> [Montreal, Canada]
>
>
>


Moving and resizing a window can be accomplish whenever that action
is required. That is what I meant with punctualy.

GetWindow() or FindWindow() might be used to obtain a window's handle.

-- 
JF Jolin
[Montreal, Canada]
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