[SOLVED]Placing the Dialog in VC++ MFC

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How do I place the dialog at the right bottom in the MFC dialog base?

The position should remain the same when it is used with the other monitors too.

What I mean is, the dialog should be in the right bottom of the window above the taskbar. RIGHTBOTTOM in all the monitors.

Posted 6-Jan-11 19:16pm

Gokulnath007

Updated 6-Jan-11 21:56pm

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Dalek Dave 7-Jan-11 3:33am

Edited for Syntax and Readability.

Gokulnath007 7-Jan-11 3:46am

Thank u...

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RECT screen;
::GetWindowRect(::GetDesktopWindow(), &screen);
RECT dlg;
GetWindowRect(&dlg);	
int width = dlg.right - dlg.left ;
int height = dlg.bottom - dlg.top ;	
int xlen = screen.right - width ;
int ylen = screen.bottom - height;
this->MoveWindow(xlen-2,ylen-60,width,height+30,TRUE);

Posted 6-Jan-11 21:57pm

Gokulnath007

Updated 6-Jan-11 22:13pm

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Richard MacCutchan 7-Jan-11 4:13am

Added <pre> tags for readability.

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ShilpiP · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-06T19:39:00

Solution 1

There is an API to display dialog in center of the screen i.e. CenterWindow() but
I don't know if there is direct API to display it at bottom right corner.
My suggestion is first calculate the screen coordinates

void GetScreenSizeInPixels( SIZE& s)
{
    ZeroMemory( &s, sizeof(SIZE) );
    s.cx = (LONG)::GetSystemMetrics( SM_CXMAXTRACK );
    s.cy = (LONG)::GetSystemMetrics( SM_CYMAXTRACK );
}

Than calculate the Dialog size using GetClientRect and than calculate the position and now use SetWindowPos with property SWP_NOSIZE.

May be this will help you.

Posted 6-Jan-11 19:39pm

ShilpiP

Updated 6-Jan-11 20:21pm

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Gokulnath007 7-Jan-11 2:20am

Yes.. Great.. Solved it... Thank u..

ShilpiP 7-Jan-11 2:23am

I found that you have eagerness to learn things :) keep it up...

Dalek Dave 7-Jan-11 3:34am

Good Answer.

Gokulnath007 7-Jan-11 3:49am

Shortly I am going to release my article.. Thank u.. Shilpi