MsgBox Monitor

[bobchernow]

Quick question. How do you control which monitor a MsgBox will pop up on. Most normal windows popup where the mouse/focus is. The MsgBox seems to always go to the Default desktop monitor.

Bob Chernow

[Malkey]

Quick question. How do you control which monitor a MsgBox will pop up on. Most normal windows popup where the mouse/focus is. The MsgBox seems to always go to the Default desktop monitor.

Bob Chernow

The last optional parameter of MsgBox() is a window handle to use as a parent for the MsgBox().

Entering a window handle into the MsgBox() parameter, causes the MsgBox to pop-up on the window with that handle.

[bobchernow]

The last optional parameter of MsgBox() is a window handle to use as a parent for the MsgBox().

Entering a window handle into the MsgBox() parameter, causes the MsgBox to pop-up on the window with that handle.

Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried it but it does not seem to affect the window. I am sure it probably is making the window the parent, but it still comes up smack dab in the center of the first monitor. Here is the code.

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w 4 -w 5 -w 6
Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

#include <WinAPI.au3>

MsgBox(4096, "Handle", "Get Foreground Window: " & _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow(),_WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow())

Bob Chernow

[monoceres]

Maybe try something different?

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...2&hl=MsgBox

[Malkey]

Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried it but it does not seem to affect the window. I am sure it probably is making the window the parent, but it still comes up smack dab in the center of the first monitor. Here is the code.

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w 4 -w 5 -w 6
Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

#include <WinAPI.au3>

MsgBox(4096, "Handle", "Get Foreground Window: " & _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow(),_WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow())

Bob Chernow

The last parameter in MsgBox() is the fifth parameter. You have the Window handle as the timeout value.

Try

MsgBox(4096, "Handle", "Get Foreground Window: " & _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow(), 0, _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow())

[bobchernow]

The last parameter in MsgBox() is the fifth parameter. You have the Window handle as the timeout value.

Try

MsgBox(4096, "Handle", "Get Foreground Window: " & _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow(), 0, _WinAPI_GetForegroundWindow())

Well, I probably am still doing something wrong, but it does not work as the fifth parm either. At least not for me. But the UDF in the previous post seems to work just fine. Seems like a lot of code but I imagine most of that is for the scrollbars. It will serve me for now, until I can figure out an easier way if possible.

Thanks to all of you. I hope to start contributing more that I ask, as soon as I can.

Bob

[bobchernow]

Well, I probably am still doing something wrong, but it does not work as the fifth parm either. At least not for me. But the UDF in the previous post seems to work just fine. Seems like a lot of code but I imagine most of that is for the scrollbars. It will serve me for now, until I can figure out an easier way if possible.

Thanks to all of you. I hope to start contributing more that I ask, as soon as I can.

Bob

Mea Culpa,

The Hwnd in the last parm does work. It just was not doing what I expected it to do. Last night when I was testing the change I only had a single monitor attached and was expecting the msgbox to pop up relative to the active window. I tested with windows in all sorts of screen locations and it always popped dead center in the screen so I ASSUMED it was not working.

This morning I tried it with both monitors and it does show on the correct monitor now. Still in the screen center, but on the correct monitor. That is great. Thanks to all.

Bob (newbie)