(Sorry I didn't see this sooner)

Yes, the "magic" number is based on the band being 19 pixels in height. When I wrote the article, I had forgotten exactly where I got the number from ... so I omitted the explanation (which I guess was a douchebag thing to do - lol)

I invite Denis to download my FRX2Word class here and see how I go through the VPOS and HPOS and decode them. You know that phrase about a picture being worth a thousand words? In this case, code is worth a 1000 words :-)


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>>But, what are you thinking about "magic constant" 1979.16666666
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>This value isn't exactly "magic". Here's the logic: there are 10,000 "report units" per inch and 96 pixels per inch. The height of the band separator is 19 pixels. So, 10000/96 = 104.166 and 19 * 104.166 is 1979.166. My logic of 2083.333 was flawed, because that measures to the bottom of an object that's 104.166 report units high, not to the top.
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>Doug