[CLOSED] Get the GUI size when all controls are visible

[FireFox 259]

Hi,

Is it possible to get the GUI size when all controls are visible ?

For example this would be 800x400 if a ctrl is out of the GUI positioned at 700px with a width of 100px from a 400x400 GUI.

Another one: the GUI would resize in order to show every control, so to the most [left,top,]right,bottom controls.

Thanks for anyhelp.

Br, FireFox.

Edited November 29, 2012 by FireFox

[JohnOne 1,598]

Your GUI, or third party?

[FireFox 259]

Your GUI, or third party?

hm, only ctrls inside the GUI so I suppose my GUI.

[JohnOne 1,598]

I think you would use GUIRegisterMsg and act upon $WM_SIZE message to get

new size.

[FireFox 259]

I think you would use GUIRegisterMsg and act upon $WM_SIZE message to get

new size.

How that? It gives only the new client size and not what I want.

Because, my starting point is that I don't know the position of the bound ctrls.

Edited November 29, 2012 by FireFox

[JohnOne 1,598]

Then I don't understand the question.

[jdelaney 309]

Unless you have a GuiWidth and GuiHeight variable you are keeping current, the best way I can think is to loop through all controls, get their positions, and find the max height/width.

[FireFox 259]

Unless you have a GuiWidth and GuiHeight variable you are keeping current, the best way I can think is to loop through all controls, get their positions, and find the max height/width.

Yes that's what I have for the moment, but it's too crap.

@JohnOne

Imagine the left GUI contains ctrls, it has a client size of 200x200, but this one has a label out of its client size.

I have resized the GUI to show this label and in green is the size I want.

[jdelaney 309]

looks like bad logic on your guiheight/width variables

Should be GuiWidth+=(newcontrolwidth+bufferinbetweencontrols)

Need the code to validate

Edited November 29, 2012 by jdelaney

[Bert 1,380]

I think I know what you are asking for but forgive me if I speak out of turn. If you create an array that list all the controls, sizes and locations you then could use the control that has the highest number for position for the Y axis and the control that has the highest number for position for the X axis. You then add in the size of the control and a small amount for the border. This method I'm pretty certain is clunky and I would think there would be a better solution but this would (logic suggest) work.

[FireFox 259]

looks like bad logic on your guiheight/width variables

Should be GuiWidth+=(newcontrolwidth+bufferinbetweencontrols)

Need the code to validate

Read my reply #5.

This will be for an UDF, so I prefer it to auto detect "bound ctrls" instead of the user to provide the data.

Edited November 29, 2012 by FireFox

[jdelaney 309]

this would work...make it a function call:

$hApplication = "your application name or handle"



 

$slist = WinGetClassList ( $hApplication )
$alist = StringSplit ($slist, @CRLF)
_ArrayDelete($alist, 0)
_ArrayDelete($alist, UBound($alist)-1)
_ArraySort($alist)
$priorclass = ""
$maxWidth = 0
$maxHeight = 0
For $i = 0 To UBound ( $alist ) - 1
 If $alist[$i] <> $priorclass Then $counter = 1
 $priorclass = $alist[$i]
 $aPos = ControlGetPos ( $hApplication, "", "[CLASSNN:" & $alist[$i] & $counter & "]" )
 If $aPos[0]+$aPos[2] > $maxWidth Then $maxWidth = $aPos[0]+$aPos[2]
 If $aPos[1]+$aPos[3] > $maxHeight Then $maxHeight = $aPos[1]+$aPos[3]
 $counter+=1
Next
MsgBox ( 1,1, "MaxWidth=[" & $maxWidth & "]; MaxHeight=[" & $maxHeight & "]" )

Edited November 29, 2012 by jdelaney

[FireFox 259]

@jdelaney

Thanks for the snippet, but as I said I'm searching for fast solution that would take the same time to get the bound area with 1 or 10000 ctrls.

If no solution is given, I will use yours , Note : you need to remove this : _ArrayDelete($alist, 0)

Edited November 29, 2012 by FireFox

[jdelaney 309]

I don't like the auto added counters of arrays, I remove them

suppose i could have used flag 2 on stringsplit, but oh well:

flag = 2, disable the return the count in the first element - effectively makes the array 0-based (must use UBound() to get the size in this case).

Edited November 29, 2012 by jdelaney

[FireFox 259]

I don't like the auto added counters of arrays, I remove them

It's not about that, If you don't remove the line, your script does not work.

P.S : use the flag 2 to remove the count index.

[jdelaney 309]

You will need to add condition handling to validate there are controls present...that's probably the issue. My snippet works, as is, when controls are present.

edit:

updated:

$hApplication = "title"

 
$slist = WinGetClassList ( $hApplication )
$alist = StringSplit ($slist, @CRLF, 2)
If Not IsArray ($alist) And StringLen ($slist)>0 Then
 Dim $alist[1]
 $alist[0]=$slist
EndIf
If IsArray ($alist) Then
 For $i = UBound ( $alist ) - 1 To 0 Step -1
  If StringLen ( StringStripWS ($alist[$i], 8 ) ) = 0 Then _ArrayDelete ($alist, $i)
 Next
Else
 MsgBox (1,1,"invalid win handle/title, or no controls" )
EndIf
$priorclass = ""
$maxWidth = 0
$maxHeight = 0
For $i = 0 To UBound ( $alist ) - 1
 If $alist[$i] <> $priorclass Then $counter = 1
 $priorclass = $alist[$i]
 $aPos = ControlGetPos ( $hApplication, "", "[CLASSNN:" & $alist[$i] & $counter & "]" )
 If $aPos[0]+$aPos[2] > $maxWidth Then $maxWidth = $aPos[0]+$aPos[2]
 If $aPos[1]+$aPos[3] > $maxHeight Then $maxHeight = $aPos[1]+$aPos[3]
 $counter+=1
Next
MsgBox ( 1,1, "MaxWidth=[" & $maxWidth & "]; MaxHeight=[" & $maxHeight & "]" )

Edited November 29, 2012 by jdelaney

[FireFox 259]

You will need to add condition handling to validate there are controls present...that's probably the issue. My snippet works, as is, when controls are present.

No, I have a label, it's rather if there is one or more ctrls.

[jdelaney 309]

gotcha, updated

[JohnOne 1,598]

Still totally baffled by this thread.

If you are making a gui (still unclear) , you should know the dimensions of any controls before it is creatred, and if not, I doubt there is other possible way to get that info other than loop through the controls.

If you are making the gui and user is resizing controls then you need to get that info on the fly.

getting the size of largest control of 1000 3rd party windows in the same time as in 1, is a completely unrealistic expectation

Edited November 29, 2012 by JohnOne

[jdelaney 309]

I agree with John. I have several gui's that create/delete new 'column' of controls, or a new 'row' of controls to basically make lists...and I do width/height modifications by adding/subtracting the control width/height and a buffer on the fly