Function Reference


_GUICtrlComboBox_GetDroppedControlRectEx

Retrieve the screen coordinates of a combo box in its dropped-down state

#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBox_GetDroppedControlRectEx ( $hWnd )

Parameters

$hWnd Control ID/Handle to the control

Return Value

Returns a $tagRECT structure that receives the screen coordinates.

Related

$tagRECT, _GUICtrlComboBox_GetDroppedControlRect

Example

#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Global $g_idMemo

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $tRECT, $idCombo

        ; Create GUI
        GUICreate("ComboBox Get Dropped Control RectEx", 400, 296)
        $idCombo = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 2, 2, 396, 296)
        $g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 32, 396, 266, 0)
        GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        ; Add files
        _GUICtrlComboBox_BeginUpdate($idCombo)
        _GUICtrlComboBox_AddDir($idCombo, @WindowsDir & "\*.exe")
        _GUICtrlComboBox_EndUpdate($idCombo)

        ; Get Dropped Control Rect
        $tRECT = _GUICtrlComboBox_GetDroppedControlRectEx($idCombo)

        MemoWrite("X coordinate of the upper left corner ......: " & DllStructGetData($tRECT, "Left"))
        MemoWrite("Y coordinate of the upper left corner ......: " & DllStructGetData($tRECT, "Top"))
        MemoWrite("X coordinate of the lower right corner .....: " & DllStructGetData($tRECT, "Right"))
        MemoWrite("Y coordinate of the lower right corner .....: " & DllStructGetData($tRECT, "Bottom"))

        ; Loop until the user exits.
        Do
        Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
        GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write a line to the memo control
Func MemoWrite($sMessage)
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>MemoWrite