Hi All,

I'm trying to figure out how one determines the Windows task-bar location.

I found that using an ACCEPT statement (like the one below), one can gather information about the user's desktop and determine whether the task-bar is vertical or horizontal.

ACCEPT Terminal-Abilities FROM Terminal-Info

It seems that this can be done by subtracting USABLE-SCREEN-WIDTH from PHYSICAL-SCREEN-WIDTH and if the result is greater than zero, then that means the task-bar is in a vertical position.   A similar test can be done with USABLE-SCREEN-HEIGHT and PHYSICAL-SCREEN-HEIGHT.

But I'm having difficulty in determining what information is available to determine whether the task-bar is on the left or the right, and whether it's on the top or the bottom from the Terminal-Abilities information.

How does one typically determine the position of the task bar on the client workstation using COBOL?

Thanks,

Luis

Hi All,

I'm trying to figure out how one determines the Windows task-bar location.

I found that using an ACCEPT statement (like the one below), one can gather information about the user's desktop and determine whether the task-bar is vertical or horizontal.

ACCEPT Terminal-Abilities FROM Terminal-Info

It seems that this can be done by subtracting USABLE-SCREEN-WIDTH from PHYSICAL-SCREEN-WIDTH and if the result is greater than zero, then that means the task-bar is in a vertical position.   A similar test can be done with USABLE-SCREEN-HEIGHT and PHYSICAL-SCREEN-HEIGHT.

But I'm having difficulty in determining what information is available to determine whether the task-bar is on the left or the right, and whether it's on the top or the bottom from the Terminal-Abilities information.

How does one typically determine the position of the task bar on the client workstation using COBOL?

Thanks,

Luis

Hi All,

I'm trying to figure out how one determines the Windows task-bar location.

I found that using an ACCEPT statement (like the one below), one can gather information about the user's desktop and determine whether the task-bar is vertical or horizontal.

ACCEPT Terminal-Abilities FROM Terminal-Info

It seems that this can be done by subtracting USABLE-SCREEN-WIDTH from PHYSICAL-SCREEN-WIDTH and if the result is greater than zero, then that means the task-bar is in a vertical position.   A similar test can be done with USABLE-SCREEN-HEIGHT and PHYSICAL-SCREEN-HEIGHT.

But I'm having difficulty in determining what information is available to determine whether the task-bar is on the left or the right, and whether it's on the top or the bottom from the Terminal-Abilities information.

How does one typically determine the position of the task bar on the client workstation using COBOL?

Thanks,

Luis

Hi All,

I'm trying to figure out how one determines the Windows task-bar location.

I found that using an ACCEPT statement (like the one below), one can gather information about the user's desktop and determine whether the task-bar is vertical or horizontal.

ACCEPT Terminal-Abilities FROM Terminal-Info

It seems that this can be done by subtracting USABLE-SCREEN-WIDTH from PHYSICAL-SCREEN-WIDTH and if the result is greater than zero, then that means the task-bar is in a vertical position.   A similar test can be done with USABLE-SCREEN-HEIGHT and PHYSICAL-SCREEN-HEIGHT.

But I'm having difficulty in determining what information is available to determine whether the task-bar is on the left or the right, and whether it's on the top or the bottom from the Terminal-Abilities information.

How does one typically determine the position of the task bar on the client workstation using COBOL?

Thanks,

Luis