>>>>Hi,
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>>>>I am working on a form splitter where user can drag it left and right to increase the size of the window (and at the same time increase or decrease the left pane). I don't want to increase the width of the form such that the right edge would go beyond the available screen/desktop. How can I determine the max width for a form and given desktop and the resolution?
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>>>>TIA
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>>>Desktop is in SYSMETRICS as far as I remember
>>>VFP is _SCREEN.width
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>>>Then you need to do some math with thisform left, thisform width and desktops width
>>>
>>>Anyway:
>>>It is usual that the splitter changes the ration of forms elements, not the overall width of a form
>>>Try windows explorer, or VFP's property dialog.
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>>Thank you for the _Screen.width. As far as how "my" splitter will work, it is a little different than probably some others. I need the right pane to maintain the same width. So I have to increase the overall width of the form. But not too much.
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>It's up to you - but a bit strange. One should not surprise users. :)
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>If the the right pane maintains its width, why not simply keep the width in resize? Anchor to right and the left pain to left / right? It removes the need of the splitter?
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>Just my EUR 0,02

The customer wants the UI to be similar to a competitive product that he used to use (the "other" product uses a splitter). And I think that using the splitter is easier (for the user in terms of UI) than resizing the form.