Re: Positioning a Dialog Box

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From: Paul Bonneau
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 22:57

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In article <7850002@pollux.svale.hp.com> kevino@pollux.svale.hp.com (Kevin Owen) writes:
>How can I display a dialog box at a position that I specify at run time?  It
>seems that the dialog editor hard codes an X and Y location.  Is there any
>way to override these values?  Word for Windows and other windows apps 
>display dialog boxes centered on the screen.  How do they do that??
>
When your dialog proc gets the WM_INITDIALOG message, use
MoveWindow() to position it to the desired location.

cheers - Paul Bonneau.

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Subject: Re: Positioning a Dialog Box
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