GetWindowPosition()

Summary

Gets the position of a window.

 

Syntax

win_position = GetWindowPosition(string window)

 

Argument	Contents
window	String of the form "window type|window name," or "window name" if the window name is unique among the window types, or null for the current window

 

Returns

An array of two integers indicating the position of the upper-left hand corner of the window:

 

Element	Type	Contents
1	Integer	X-coordinate of the upper-left corner
2	Integer	Y-coordinate of the upper-left corner

 

Notes

• For map, layout, and editor windows, the position values are expressed as percentages of the frame window. For the frame window, the position values are percentages of the Windows desktop.

• The values returned by GetWindowPosition() are alwasy between 0 and 100, inclusive.

• For more information on window types, see Windows.

Example

fpos = GetWindowPosition("Frame|")

mpos = GetWindowPosition("Map|United States")

 

See Also

Function	Summary
SetWindowPosition()	Sets the position of the a window
GetWindowSize()	Determines the size of a window