-  How to position a current window at the same x and y coordinates position as my previews window but whereby the two are not parent-child windows and belong to different screensets.

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See Dialog System Help searching 'dsmovsz':

Dsmovsz Example
This example moves two windows, win1 and win2, down and to the right.

@MOVE
MOVE "movr" DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION(1)
MOVE 2 DSMOVSZ-HANDLE-COUNT(1)
MOVE 100 DSMOVSZ-X(1)
MOVE 200 DSMOVSZ-Y(1)
MOVE-OBJECT-HANDLE WIN1 DSMOVSZ-WINDOW-HANDLE(1)
MOVE-OBJECT-HANDLE WIN2 DSMOVSZ-WINDOW-HANDLE(2)
CLEAR-CALLOUT-PARAMETERS $NULL
CALLOUT-PARAMETER 1 DSMOVSZ-PARAMETER-BLOCK $NULL
CALLOUT-PARAMETER 2 DSMOVSZ-HANDLES $NULL
CALLOUT "dsmovsz" 0 $PARMLIST

DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION: (partial)
Mova Move a window or dialog box to an absolute position.
Movp Move a window or dialog box relative to the position of their parents.
Movr Move a window or dialog box by a specified distance.

Qpa Get the current absolute position of a specified window or dialog box.

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-  How to position a current window at the same x and y coordinates position as my previews window but whereby the two are not parent-child windows and belong to different screensets.

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#dialogsystem

Hi,

I saw this in the Dialog System sample programs. This example moves windows that are withing the same screenset. I am trying to move a window to the position of a previous windows that belongs to a different screenset.

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-  How to position a current window at the same x and y coordinates position as my previews window but whereby the two are not parent-child windows and belong to different screensets.

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#dialogsystem

Use DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION 'Qpa' with screenset1 to get the current window position in fields DSMOVESZ-X and DSMOVESZ-Y. Use this fields with screenset2 and DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION 'Mova' to set the position.

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-  How to position a current window at the same x and y coordinates position as my previews window but whereby the two are not parent-child windows and belong to different screensets.

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#dialogsystem

Hi,

I will give this a try. However, I think I first need the following code:

DSMOVSZ-PARAMETER-BLOCK 1
DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION X 4.0
DSMOVSZ-RETURN C 2.0
DSMOVSZ-HANDLE-COUNT C 4.0
DSMOVSZ-X S 4.0
DSMOVSZ-Y S 4.0

The help suggests that I import this data definition from the dsext.dsl object library but can I just simply type it in my data block definition or does it have to be imported from the object library?

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-  How to position a current window at the same x and y coordinates position as my previews window but whereby the two are not parent-child windows and belong to different screensets.

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#dialogsystem

Here is my code for the first screen set:

Global Definition:

SCREENSET-INITIALIZED
MOVE "qpr" DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION(1)
CALLOUT "dsmovsz" 0 DSMOVSZ-PARAMETER-BLOCK
ESC
RETC
CLOSED-WINDOW
SET-FLAG CLOSE-WINDOW-FLAG
RETC

Data Block Definition:

CLOSE-WINDOW-FLAG 9 1.0
CR-FLAG 9 1.0
END-FLAG 9 1.0
DSMOVSZ-PARAMETER-BLOCK 1
DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION X 4.0
DSMOVSZ-RETURN C 2.0
DSMOVSZ-HANDLE-COUNT C 4.0
DSMOVSZ-X S 4.0
DSMOVSZ-Y S 4.0

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Here is my code for the second screen set:

Global definition:

SCREENSET-INITIALIZED
SET-COLOR D-LOGON-SIGN-ON "BLACK" "WHITE"
SET-FOCUS D-LOGON-SIGN-ON
MOVE "mova" DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION(1)
CALLOUT "dsmovsz" 0 DSMOVSZ-PARAMETER-BLOCK
ESC
RETC
CLOSED-WINDOW
SET-FLAG CLOSE-WINDOW-FLAG
RETC

Data Block definition:


CLOSE-WINDOW-FLAG 9 1.0
END-FLAG 9 1.0
CR-FLAG 9 1.0
*****dsmovesz definition*******************
DSMOVSZ-PARAMETER-BLOCK 1
DSMOVSZ-FUNCTION X 4.0
DSMOVSZ-RETURN C 2.0
DSMOVSZ-HANDLE-COUNT C 4.0
DSMOVSZ-X S 4.0
DSMOVSZ-Y S 4.0





Is this correct?

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-  How to position a current window at the same x and y coordinates position as my previews window but whereby the two are not parent-child windows and belong to different screensets.

#VisualCOBOL
#dialogsystem

This problem has been resolved. Thanks for the input.

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