WinGetPos strange behaviour?

[maikelmeyers]

Hi,

I try to program a gui for some simple things and I want to save the window size (it is a resizeable gui), when the program is closed. After a restart the gui should have the same size as before closing. The problem is, that WinGetPos and WinGetClientSize give me weird values. Have a look at this example.

CODE

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$gui = GUICreate ("",500,500,100,100,$WS_MAXIMIZEBOX+$WS_MINIMIZEBOX+$WS_CAPTION+$WS_SIZEBOX)

$size1 = WinGetPos($gui)

$size2= WinGetClientSize($gui)

MsgBox(1,"created a gui with 500x500","Style: $WS_MAXIMIZEBOX+$WS_MINIMIZEBOX+$WS_CAPTION+$WS_SIZEBOX" & @crlf & @crlf & "WinGetPos: " & $size1[2] & " " & $size1[3] & " WinGetClientSize: " & $size2[0] & " " & $size2[1])

$gui = GUICreate ("",500,500,100,100,$WS_SIZEBOX)

$size1 = WinGetPos($gui)

$size2= WinGetClientSize($gui)

MsgBox(1,"created a gui with 500x500","Style: $WS_SIZEBOX" & @crlf & @crlf & "WinGetPos: " & $size1[2] & " " & $size1[3] & " WinGetClientSize: " & $size2[0] & " " & $size2[1])

$gui = GUICreate ("",500,500,100,100,$WS_SYSMENU)

$size1 = WinGetPos($gui)

$size2= WinGetClientSize($gui)

MsgBox(1,"created a gui with 500x500","Style: $WS_SYSMENU" & @crlf & @crlf & "WinGetPos: " & $size1[2] & " " & $size1[3] & " WinGetClientSize: " & $size2[0] & " " & $size2[1])

on my computer the first gui is:

WinGetPos 508 529, WinGetClientSize 500 500

the second gui:

WinGetPos 506 506, WinGetClientSize 498 477

the third gui:

WinGetPos 500 500, WinGetClientSize 494 473

??? This means WinGetPos and WinGetClientSize show different gui sizes than created. How should I handle this?

[rasim]

maikelmeyers

Welcome!

A window client size contain only a client coordinates exclusive of borders and title. The array returned from function WinGetPos() contains the client coordinates with borders and title.

[martin]

maikelmeyers

Welcome!

A window client size contain only a client coordinates exclusive of borders and title. The array returned from function WinGetPos() contains the client coordinates with borders and title.

...and when you create a window the width and height you specify are used for the client size not the overall window size.

I thought that was correct but I see I am wrong. If you use the default styles then it is correct but otherwise, as maikelmeyers post #1 demonstrates, it is not correct.

Edited October 10, 2008 by martin

[maikelmeyers]

...and when you create a window the width and height you specify are used for the client size not the overall window size.

Yes, that is the point. Look at the example. I created a gui with width 500 and height 500(GuiCreate). You say this is the client size. But directly after creating it I call WinGetClientSize to get the size and it should be 500x500 right? But it is not 500x500 it is 498x477 or 494x473 depending on the window style. And also WinGetPos has different values than 500x500. Why are the sizes of the window and the window client different to the desired size (500x500)? So it is impossible for me to save and restore the actual window size.

Thanks

[AdmiralAlkex]

@maikelmeyers

Check _WinAPI_GetSystemMetrics() in the helpfile, with that you can get the size of borders etc and then subtract that from the value you get with WinGetPos() so you can get that 500x500 value you want.

[FaT3oYCG]

that is just what the form designer does, before you add it to your script manually change the height and width of the window to 500 in your code, the form designer just puts it out by a few numbers for some reason, dont know why it does it to me aswell.

[rasim]

Yes, that is the point. Look at the example. I created a gui with width 500 and height 500(GuiCreate). You say this is the client size. But directly after creating it I call WinGetClientSize to get the size and it should be 500x500 right? But it is not 500x500 it is 498x477 or 494x473 depending on the window style. And also WinGetPos has different values than 500x500. Why are the sizes of the window and the window client different to the desired size (500x500)? So it is impossible for me to save and restore the actual window size.

Thanks

Hmm... good question. I think for retrieving a correct form size you need to calculate size as says AdmiralAlkex and check styles of the form.

GetSystemMetrics

For retrieving styles use a _WinAPI_GetWindowLong() function.

[maikelmeyers]

OK, thank you all. This is a workaround I can live with. But I think it would be better if the GuiCreate size would always be the window client size in future AutoIt versions, because this is very confusing