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Re: Help: Positioning help screen

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From: David Charlap
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:20
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In article <1992Jul23.004106.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> scheeyk01@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:
>Howdy!
>I'm having some problems with PM programming. I'm wondering whether it is 
>possible to set the initial position and size of the help window when
>it appears. I want it to appear in its full width but half its full 
>length when the user calls up the help. I would be extremely grateful if
>there's someone who can show me how it is done. Thank you!

I don't know how to do this, but I may be able to help.  Do you get a
window handle back when you launch the help system?  If you do, can
you send the window's frame a WM_RESIZE message?  That may work.


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