Re: Center an SDI application on startup

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Mark F. wrote:
"JoeB" <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

How simple is it to center an SPI application when it starts up in a
non-maximized window?


J

Here is another cool trick to center the mainframe at 90% of the screen
size. The code is added in the PreCreateWindow function.

--- snip ---
BOOL CMainFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs)
{
if( !CMDIFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs) )
return FALSE;

// add this ------------------------------
int xSize = ::GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
int ySize = ::GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
cs.cx = xSize * 9 / 10;
cs.cy = ySize * 9 / 10;
cs.x = (xSize - cs.cx) / 2;
cs.y = (ySize - cs.cy) / 2;
// ---------------------------------------

return CMDIFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs);
}


One minor thing to note on this is that this is for MDI and not SDI. OP
will need to change the base class call appropriately.

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Ajay

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