FileOpenDialog window

[BlueScreen]

Hey, again...

Is there a way to make the FileOpenDialog window to pop in the center of the screen?

10x

[scriptkitty]

Well if you want the exact center, and you feel like being creative

This asumes you run it on a machine AutoIt is already installed on. I thought twice about posting this code, because it leads in a line I didn't want to point. But it can be used for many cool little things.

...Edit Make a small program to change position of the window. You can call it like a function with run("move to center.au3"). Get creative, and you can use the get window size, and $CmdLine[x] and use it to center any window. ...

$size = WinGetClientSize("Program Manager")
; this gets client size
; Choose a file window is the example name.
; Note my box size is 563,419 on WinXP
$x=($size[0]-563)/2
$y=($size[1]-419)/2
winwaitactive("Choose a file")
WinMove ( "Choose a file", "", $x, $y)

Edit:

Note, I changed my mind and revised the code. My old code may have helped the wrong type of folks use this for evil purposes. It was a bit of cute code, but since I got my disable icon back, I am not going to post anything remotely helping virus folks.

Oh yea, "Choose a file." for the window name is called out in example from the help file, so I used that for it:

$var = FileOpenDialog( "Choose a file.", "c:\program files", "My Files (*.au3)", 1 + 4 )

think of this little program as a funtion and use:

; centerme.au3 before compile
; Use of this file is centerme.exe nameofwindow
AutoItSetOption("WinWaitDelay", 0);Time in millseconds to pause (default=250).
if $CmdLine[0]=1 then
winwaitactive($CmdLine[1])
$Namesize=WinGetClientSize($CmdLine[1])
$size = WinGetClientSize("Program Manager")
; this gets client size
$x=($size[0]-$namesize[0])/2
$y=($size[1]-$namesize[1])/2
winwaitactive($CmdLine[1])
WinMove ( $CmdLine[1], "", $x, $y)
else
msgbox(1,"Error","Please call out Window Name")
endif

Edited December 17, 2003 by scriptkitty

[scriptkitty]

oops, I guess I should post the simple code to call it:

After you compile centerme.au3 of course...

run("centerme.exe Choose")
$var = FileOpenDialog( "Choose a file.", "c:\program files", "My Files (*.au3)", 1 + 4 )

[BlueScreen]

Thanks, Scriptkitty!

I don't need the exact center, yet I don't want the window to be displayed in the top left corner. Your solution is good (and working), but little complex. I thought there is a more simple solution positioning the File open dialog window (Not necessary in the middle...)