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- Adding CRLF to a Tooltip Message
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- Cancel Handler Issues within Dialogs
- Center dialog for any screen resolution
- Change Font in Dialog Controls
- Change Title of Dialog in Call Back Procedure
- Checking Char By Char Input in Dialogs
- Close Dialog Box upon completion of installation
- COMCONTROL Licenses Explained
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- Determine Control That Mouse is Hovering Over
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- Dialog Significance of Config Parameter
- Dialog Units Explained
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- Dynamic dialogs and BoxOpen Issue
- Dynamic Dialogs
- EditBox Cursor Placement
- Editbox with Filelistbox
- Error 3220 Dialog Format Version Not Supported
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- File Browser within Dialog
- Get Value of RadioButton in Dialog Callback Procedure
- Hide or Unhide a PICTUREBUTTON
- High CPU Usage and Dialogs
- How to get an Editbox to Appear based on Selection
- How to Use the Spinner Control
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- IniWrite is Slow in Dialog Callback Procedure
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- Make WIL Dialog Modal
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- Remove Border From ItemBox Control
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- Setting Spinner Control
- Simple Timer Procedure Example
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- Splash Screen - Several Examples
- Start with Focus on Edit with No Selected Text
- Synchronize Two Itemboxes
- Tab Order and GroupBox Controls
- Toolbar UDFs for Drop Down Menus
- Treeview UDFs
- Unable to Load Background Image in Dialog
- Update Font Style in Dialog
- Using a Dialog as a Please Wait Screen
- WaitForKey Inside a Dialog Callback
- WebBrowser Control HTML Dialog
- WebBrowser Inside Dialogs by Guido
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Dialog Units Explained
Dialog units are apparently based on the system font, DPI, and screen resolution. System font is defined as the default font defined by Windows.
Note: The numbers used for "x-origin", "y-origin", "box-width", "box-height", "x", "y", "width," and "height" are expressed in a unit of measure known as "Dialog Units."
Basically speaking:
1 width unit = 1/4 width of system font. 1 height unit = 1/8 height of system font. 4 units wide = Average width of the system font. 8 units high = Average height of the system font.The WinMetrics function in the Windows Interface Language help file can help you figure out what current Dialog unit size is.
pixperunit_horz = WinMetrics(-5) pixperunit_vert = WinMetrics(-6)Use WinMetrics to translate dialog units to pixels:
ScreenWidth = WinMetrics(0)/WinMetrics(-6) ;Determine screen width in dialog units ScreenHeight = WinMetrics(1)/WinMetrics(-5) ;Determine screen height in dialog units Message (ScreenWidth,ScreenHeight)This information can be used for calculations as follows:
DlgWidth = ScreenWidth*0.663 ;Make a dialog 2/3 width of screen DlgHeight= ScreenHeight*0.5 ;Make a dialog 1/2 height of screen DlgX=(ScreenWidth-DlgWidth) /2 ;Determine X co-ordinate for a dialog to be centered DlgY=(ScreenHeight-DlgHeight)/2;Determine Y co-ordinate for a dialog to be centeredHere is some code that can translate dialog units to pixels on the fly, that also might be helpful:
; Converts horizontal dialog units to pixels. (x axis)
#DefineFunction ToPixelsHorizontal(du)
Return int(du*winmetrics(-6))
#EndFunction
; Converts virtical dialog units to pixels. ( y axis)
#DefineFunction ToPixelsVertical(du)
Return int(du*winmetrics(-5))
#EndFunction
; Test data.
nDuX = 40 ; Horizontal dimension in du.
nDuY = 11 ; Vertical dimension in du.
; Test.
nPixelsX = ToPixelsHorizontal( nDuX )
nPixelsY = ToPixelsVertical( nDuY )
; Result.
Message("Dialog Units x = %nDuX%, y = %nDuy%", "Pixels x = %nPixelsX%, y = %nPixelsY%")
Article ID: W16918
File Created: 2007:07:03:14:27:04
Last Updated: 2007:07:03:14:27:04