How to get global coordinates from local coordinates ?

[vhad]

I have a form opening another form with desktop property set to .T. with clicking a Button
I want to set the location of the Desktop Form displayed exactly under the Command Button.

I can get the Local coordinates of the location, but how to set the Desktop Form location which is using Global coordinates.

Can you help ?
Thanks in advance.

 

[ramani]

HI
Have you tried to add _screen.top value to the local coordinates. You may need to play a little depending on title bar associated position. I havent tested that way. ramani
(Subramanian.G),FoxAcc, ramani_g@yahoo.com

 

[vhad]

Thanks,

I have tried using Foxpro API _WLeft and _WTop and it works.
Will try your suggestion. Maybe using API is too complicated.

Vincent

 

[vhad]

Ramani,

Yes, it works very good. But we have to consider the Border widths and TitleBar setting.
Is it true that the Border is 3 pixels wide and the TitleBar height is 20 pixels ?
I just using trial and error to get that figure.

Thanks.

 

[chpicker]

Those numbers are actually based on the user's Windows control panel settings, but you can retrieve them by using the SYSMETRIC() function. Look in your help file for the various parameters...there are 34 of them. They will give you the sizes of things such as the total screen width and height, scroll box sizes, window title height, frame width/height...you will probably need to experiment a little to figure out exactly what each of those means, though.

Hope that helps,

Ian