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[archive] Centering a floating window/subclassing.

  • May 14, 2003
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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 13 May 2003]

Hello,
I am trying to center a floating window (display floating window...) over the main window even if it is not opened from the main window. The problem is that I have some dialogs and other programs that open themselves relative to the main window. This usually works ok, but (as the documentation says) when I pop up a floating window all newly created floating windows open up relative to the pop up window.

The upon phrase of the display floating window command does not appear to work (5.2.1) as documented. The set output window to ... also does not work, and I am assuming this is becuase my pop up windows are modal.

To get around this and some other problems with the runtime I have subclassed the runtime so I can execute win32 api commands. However, the handles that are returned from the display window command (display window handle is...) are not actual handles. Is it possible to convert them to a real handle? This would provide q quick and permanent solution to most of my problems (I have access to the main application window handle only).

What happens is:
main window opens window1 at line 10...ok!
window1 opens dialog at line 10...not ok! I want to open dialog relative to main window, not window1!


Thanks in advance,
Merlin

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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 13 May 2003]

    Hello,
    I am trying to center a floating window (display floating window...) over the main window even if it is not opened from the main window. The problem is that I have some dialogs and other programs that open themselves relative to the main window. This usually works ok, but (as the documentation says) when I pop up a floating window all newly created floating windows open up relative to the pop up window.

    The upon phrase of the display floating window command does not appear to work (5.2.1) as documented. The set output window to ... also does not work, and I am assuming this is becuase my pop up windows are modal.

    To get around this and some other problems with the runtime I have subclassed the runtime so I can execute win32 api commands. However, the handles that are returned from the display window command (display window handle is...) are not actual handles. Is it possible to convert them to a real handle? This would provide q quick and permanent solution to most of my problems (I have access to the main application window handle only).

    What happens is:
    main window opens window1 at line 10...ok!
    window1 opens dialog at line 10...not ok! I want to open dialog relative to main window, not window1!


    Thanks in advance,
    Merlin
    Silly me, I attempted a complex solution (sublassing) for a simple problem ( centering ). I found out how to center a floating window a much simpler way. Here it is for anyone interested (code centers floating window over window that opens it) :

    in working storage:

    01 Parent-Lines unsigned-int.
    01 Parent-Cols unsigned-int.
    78 Window-Size-X value xxx. | insert value here
    78 Window-Size-Y value yyy. | ditto
    01 Display-Line signed-int.
    01 Display-Col signed-int.

    where you open the window:

    inquire window lines in Parent-Lines.
    inquire window size in Parent-Cols.
    compute Display-Line = (Parent-Lines - Window-Size-Y) / 2.
    compute Display-Col = (Parent-Cols - Window-Size-X) / 2.

    display floating window
    line Display-Line
    pos Display-Col
    size Window-Size-X
    lines Window-Size-Y
    ...


    Note to the forum maintainers, I would still like to resolve an actual handle from a handle returned from a display floating window statement! :)

    Merlin
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    [Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 13 May 2003]

    Hello,
    I am trying to center a floating window (display floating window...) over the main window even if it is not opened from the main window. The problem is that I have some dialogs and other programs that open themselves relative to the main window. This usually works ok, but (as the documentation says) when I pop up a floating window all newly created floating windows open up relative to the pop up window.

    The upon phrase of the display floating window command does not appear to work (5.2.1) as documented. The set output window to ... also does not work, and I am assuming this is becuase my pop up windows are modal.

    To get around this and some other problems with the runtime I have subclassed the runtime so I can execute win32 api commands. However, the handles that are returned from the display window command (display window handle is...) are not actual handles. Is it possible to convert them to a real handle? This would provide q quick and permanent solution to most of my problems (I have access to the main application window handle only).

    What happens is:
    main window opens window1 at line 10...ok!
    window1 opens dialog at line 10...not ok! I want to open dialog relative to main window, not window1!


    Thanks in advance,
    Merlin
    Here is how to retrieve a windows handle for use in a non cobol application. The confusion comes because of the following:

    01 my-handle handle.
    display floating window
    handle in my-handle.


    this works instead:

    01 my-handle unsigned-int.
    display floating window.
    inquire window system handle in my-handle.

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