Window metrics in Win32

[Richard Gaskin]

Monte Goulding wrote:

>> 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
>
> Hi Richard 
> 
> On WinXP I have 0 at this registry setting.

Which one: CaptionHeight or BorderWidth?

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