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Purpose |
Retrieve the location of the console window on the screen. |
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Syntax |
CONSOLE GET LOC TO x&, y& |
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Remarks |
The location is a pixel coordinate relative to the upper left corner of the screen. This statement can be especially useful in conjunction with CONSOLE GET SIZE and GRAPHIC WINDOW, for exact positioning of graphic windows with respect to the console window. |
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See also |
CONSOLE GET SCREEN, CONSOLE GET SIZE, CONSOLE GET VIEW, CONSOLE GET VIRTUAL, CONSOLE SET LOC, CONSOLE SET SCREEN, CONSOLE SET VIEW, CONSOLE SET VIRTUAL |
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Example |
FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG ' Center a graphic window within a console window LOCAL x, y, w, h AS LONG, hWin AS DWORD CONSOLE GET LOC TO x, y ' Console pos on screen CONSOLE GET SIZE TO w, h ' Console size x = x + (w - 200) / 2 ' Calculate center x pos y = y + (h - 200) / 2 ' Calculate center y pos GRAPHIC WINDOW "Box", x, y, 200, 200 TO hWin GRAPHIC ATTACH hWin, 0 GRAPHIC BOX (10, 10) - (190, 190), 0, %RED SLEEP 5000 ' show it for 5 seconds, then end END FUNCTION |