Window metrics in Win32

[Richard Gaskin]

The two functions below are used in an app I'm building to help me calculate
window rects, the goal being to have them tightly abutted but not
overlapping.

My routines seem to work great in Win95, 98, ME and 2k (beautiful
edge-to-edge placement), but are causing odd window placement on Win NT and
XP.

Are the registry settings I'm using supported on those platforms?  Or is
there some obvious logic error in my functions that I'm just not seeing?

Thanks in advance -
 

function WdMargin
  global g4WWinMargin
  if the platform is "MacOS" then
    put 6 into g4WWinMargin
  else
    get queryRegistry("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\desktop\WindowMetrics\BorderWidth")
    if it is not a number then put 2 into g4WWinMargin
    else
      put it into g4WWinMargin
      if (isNumber(it)) then
        put round(it / -15) into g4WWinMargin
      end if
    end if
  end if
  return g4WWinMargin
end WdMargin


function TitleBarHeight
  get queryRegistry("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\desktop\WindowMetrics\CaptionHeight")
  if it is a number then
    put round(it / -15) into tHeight
    return tHeight
  else return 22
end TitleBarHeight



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