Smiley1244 Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Hi All, I've tried searching the forums for this but haven't found anything that does what I'm looking for. I'm trying to make a small form that sits at the top of the screen but reserves that screen space. So when a window is dragged or maximized it never covers the form. Just like the taskbar at the bottom (for most people). I can get the monitor(s) resolutions to make the form fit I just can't find a way to reserve the screen space?! Anyone done something similar or can point me in the right direction? Cheers
Moderators Melba23 Posted June 11, 2012 Moderators Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) Smiley1244, I have used these functions to set/get the desktop work area: Edit: See working example below I hope that they are what you are looking for. M23 Edited June 11, 2012 by Melba23 Removed code as better is available below Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Reveal hidden contents ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area
Smiley1244 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) Thanks M23, I'm very new to dll calling, only used once before. Could you give me a working example of the functions? In the meantime I extracted the relevant code and searching for key phrases I found the following example (posted by mat) that does work but is a lot different to yours (and it doesn't move already maximized windows but that minor). Global Const $SPI_SETWORKAREA = 0x002F Global Const $SPI_GETWORKAREA = 0x0030 Global Const $SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE = 0x0001 Global Const $SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE = 0x0002 Global Const $SPIF_SENDCHANGE = $SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE MsgBox (0, _SetWorkArea (-1, 100, -1, -1), @Error) Func _SetWorkArea ($iLeft = -1, $iTop = -1, $iRight = -1, $iBottom = -1) Local $aResult, $rect = DllStructCreate ("int[4]"), $pRect = DllStructGetPtr ($rect) ; Change -1's If $iLeft = -1 Then $iLeft = 0 If $iTop = -1 Then $iTop = 0 If $iRight = -1 Then $iRight = @DesktopWidth + 0 If $iBottom = -1 Then $iBottom = @DesktopHeight + 0 ; Set struct data DllStructSetData ($rect, 1, $iLeft , 1) ;left DllStructSetData ($rect, 1, $iTop , 2) ;top DllStructSetData ($rect, 1, $iRight , 3) ;right DllStructSetData ($rect, 1, $iBottom, 4) ;bottom ; Set the area $aResult = DllCall("user32.dll", _ "int", "SystemParametersInfo", _ "int", $SPI_SETWORKAREA, _ "int", 0, _ "ptr", $pRect, _ "int", $SPIF_SENDCHANGE) If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, False) Return $aResult[0] <> 0 EndFunc ; ==> _SetWorkArea Edited June 11, 2012 by Smiley1244
Moderators Melba23 Posted June 11, 2012 Moderators Posted June 11, 2012 Smiley1244, Quote Could you give me a working example of the functions?Just as well you asked - I had not copied them correctly above. You say you are trying to reserve space at the top of the screen - so you would need to do something like this to block the top 100 pixels: expandcollapse popup#include <StructureConstants.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> Global $iLeft = 0, $iTop = 100, $iRight = 1680, $iBottom = 1020 ; Set $iTop to 0 to regain use of those pixels and obviosuly set $iRight and $iBottom to fit your display size ; I recommend commenting this out and finding out your actual display size first ;) _SetDesktopWorkArea($iLeft, $iTop, $iRight, $iBottom) _GetDesktopWorkArea($iLeft, $iTop, $iRight, $iBottom) ConsoleWrite($iLeft & " - " & $iTop & " - " & $iRight & " - " & $iBottom & @CRLF) Func _GetDesktopWorkArea(ByRef $iLeft, ByRef $iTop, ByRef $iRight, ByRef $iBottom) Local Const $SPI_GETWORKAREA = 48 Local $tStruct = DllStructCreate($tagRECT) If _WinAPI_SystemParametersInfo($SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, DllStructGetPtr($tStruct)) Then $iLeft = DllStructGetData($tStruct, "Left") $iRight = DllStructGetData($tStruct, "Right") $iTop = DllStructGetData($tStruct, "Top") $iBottom = DllStructGetData($tStruct, "Bottom") Return True EndIf Return False EndFunc ;==>_GetDesktopWorkArea Func _SetDesktopWorkArea($iLeft, $iTop, $iRight, $iBottom) Local Const $SPI_SETWORKAREA = 47 Local $tStruct = DllStructCreate($tagRECT) DllStructSetData($tStruct, "Left", $iLeft) DllStructSetData($tStruct, "Right", $iRight) DllStructSetData($tStruct, "Top", $iTop) DllStructSetData($tStruct, "Bottom", $iBottom) If _WinAPI_SystemParametersInfo($SPI_SETWORKAREA, 0, DllStructGetPtr($tStruct)) Then Return True EndIf Return False EndFunc ;==>_SetDesktopWorkArea Clearer now? M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Reveal hidden contents ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area
Smiley1244 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Posted June 11, 2012 Yep the works, thanks M23. I've already adapted that to a working example. Thanks for the help. I'm sure you know this already but for anyone reading this, it might be a Windows 7 thing?! You can't hard re-set to the screen resolution as it puts windows behind the windows taskbar. Easy get round is to use keep the original values from _GetDesktopWorkArea. ;Store Original Desktop Sizes _GetDesktopWorkArea($iLeft, $iTop, $iRight, $iBottom) $aOriginalDesktopArea[0] = $iLeft $aOriginalDesktopArea[1] = $iTop $aOriginalDesktopArea[2] = $iRight $aOriginalDesktopArea[3] = $iBottom
guinness Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 I created this a while ago. expandcollapse popup#include <APIConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> Example() Func Example() ; Set the working area of the Desktop, in this case 120px to the left and retaining the same height and width. Local $aWorkingArea = _WorkingArea(150, Default, Default, Default) ; Create the GUI. Local $hGUI = GUICreate('', 150, $aWorkingArea[1], $aWorkingArea[2], $aWorkingArea[3], $WS_POPUP) Local $iClose = GUICtrlCreateButton('Close', 5, 5, 150 - 10, 25) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI) While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, $iClose ExitLoop EndSwitch WEnd ; Delete the GUI. GUIDelete($hGUI) ; Reset the working area to the previous values. _WorkingArea() EndFunc ;==>Example Func _WorkingArea($iLeft = Default, $iTop = Default, $iWidth = Default, $iHeight = Default) Local Static $tWorkArea = 0 If IsDllStruct($tWorkArea) Then _WinAPI_SystemParametersInfo($SPI_SETWORKAREA, 0, DllStructGetPtr($tWorkArea), $SPIF_SENDCHANGE) $tWorkArea = 0 Else $tWorkArea = DllStructCreate($tagRECT) _WinAPI_SystemParametersInfo($SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, DllStructGetPtr($tWorkArea)) Local $tCurrentArea = DllStructCreate($tagRECT) Local $aArray[4] = [$iLeft, $iTop, $iWidth, $iHeight] For $i = 0 To 3 If $aArray[$i] = Default Or $aArray[$i] < 0 Then $aArray[$i] = DllStructGetData($tWorkArea, $i + 1) EndIf DllStructSetData($tCurrentArea, $i + 1, $aArray[$i]) $aArray[$i] = DllStructGetData($tWorkArea, $i + 1) Next _WinAPI_SystemParametersInfo($SPI_SETWORKAREA, 0, DllStructGetPtr($tCurrentArea), $SPIF_SENDCHANGE) $aArray[2] -= $aArray[0] $aArray[3] -= $aArray[1] Local $aReturn[4] = [$aArray[2], $aArray[3], $aArray[0], $aArray[1]] Return $aReturn EndIf EndFunc ;==>_WorkingArea UDF List: Reveal hidden contents _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018
Smiley1244 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Posted June 11, 2012 Hi Guinness,That's similar to the way I'm using M23's code. Do you know is there an easy way to get all existing windows to redraw? I thought it might be '$SPIF_SENDCHANGE' but that doesn't seem to affect the other windows?! Maybe using '_WinAPI_RedrawWindow'?Also is there a way to handle multiply screens? as everything currrently happens only on the primary display?Thank you both for your help on this
guinness Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Quote That's similar to the way I'm using M23's code.There is a slight difference as my function retains the current desktop size using a Static variable and then reverts back when called without any parameters. Quote Maybe using '_WinAPI_RedrawWindow'?You could try using WinList & _WinAPI_RedrawWindow with the flag $RDW_FRAME. Quote Also is there a way to handle multiply screens? as everything currrently happens only on the primary display?I only have a single monitor, sorry. UDF List: Reveal hidden contents _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018
Smiley1244 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Posted June 11, 2012 Sorry Guinness when I said similar, I meant I'd built something similar from M23's code that recalls the original values. 'WinList & _WinAPI_RedrawWindow with the flag $RDW_FRAME.' didn't work, but I found a low tech solution . . . WinMinimizeAll() WinMinimizeAllUndo() Which works pretty well Thanks again to you both, I'll read up on the Win_API calls.
guinness Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 When you say the 'original values' do you mean the desktop size before setting it? UDF List: Reveal hidden contents _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018
guinness Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 On 6/13/2012 at 12:33 PM, 'Smiley1244 said: Yes, well no, the original working area.So is that a yes or no? UDF List: Reveal hidden contents _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018
Smiley1244 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Posted June 23, 2012 (edited) Sorry for the slow reply I've progressed this further but I've run into a few issues. No, I'm not recalling the "desktop size", I am recalling the original working area (desktop minus taskbar space). 1. I still haven't found a way to handle multiple monitors so only works with the primary screen. 2. Any displayed UAC prompt (only tested with Windows 7) resets the original working area. Is there a way to detect a UAC prompt being displayed? 3. The WinMinimizeAll, WinMinimizeAllUndo method of resizing maximized windows after changing the working area caused numerous issues. It was screwing up some windows so they were always on top and other weird issues. This might be due to my system being 4 screens from two graphics cards. I'm currently using ************* func _MinMaxedWindows() Local $aWinList = WinList() Local $TopWindow = "" For $i=1 to $aWinList[0][0] If $aWinList[$i][0]<>"Program Manager" And $aWinList[$i][0]<>"Start" And $aWinList[$i][0]<>"" And BitAND(WinGetState($aWinList[$i][1]),32) = 32 Then WinSetState($aWinList[$i][0],"",@SW_MINIMIZE) WinSetState($aWinList[$i][0],"",@SW_MAXIMIZE) EndIf Next WinActivate($TopWindow) EndFunc ************* But it is slow if lots of windows are open Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Edited June 23, 2012 by Smiley1244
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