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How to Get the Size of the Active Window

Keywords: 	 WinPosition	WinMetrics

Question:

Answer:

winpos = WinPosition(WinGetActive())
xulc = ItemExtract(1, winpos, ",")
yulc = ItemExtract(2, winpos, ",")
xbrc = ItemExtract(3, winpos, ",")
ybrc = ItemExtract(4, winpos, ",")
width = (xbrc - xulc) * WinMetrics(0) / 1000
height = (ybrc - yulc) * WinMetrics(1) / 1000

Message(width, height)

Article ID:   W14318

Filename:   Get the Size of the Active Window.txt

File Created: 1999:10:26:11:23:18

Last Updated: 1999:10:26:11:23:18