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Window size is defferent from the size used in hiOpenWindow

kkdesbois

Hello,
I create a window using the followin syntax, where bbow is defined earlier :

(set windowName (hiOpenWindow
                                     ?type "form"
                                     ?bBox bbox ;'default ; bbox ;
                                     ;?scroll nil
                                     ?menus (list (hiCreatePulldownMenu 'sessionmenu "Session" (list
                                                                      (hiCreateMenuItem ?name 'save
                                                                               ?itemText "Save ..."
                                                                               ?callback cbsave )
                                                                      (hiCreateMenuItem ?name 'load
                                                                               ?itemText "Load ..."
                                                                               ?callback cbload )
                                                                      (hiCreateMenuItem ?name 'close
                                                                               ?itemText "Close"
                                                                               ?callback (sprintf nil "(hiCloseWindow %s)" windowName ))))
                                                                      (hiCreatePulldownMenu 'helpmenu "Help" (list
                                                                      (hiCreateMenuItem ?name 'help
                                                                               ?itemText "Display ..."
                                                                               ?callback "UartBaCustomAnnotationHelp()" )))) ; list menus
                                     ?form form ) ; hiOpenWindow
) ; set

But, once the window is created, the command hiGetAbsWindowScreenBBox returns another box value.

For instance :

 - initial bbox = ((1794 185) (2474 930))

 - hiGetAbsWindowScreenBBox(window(28)) = ((1794 179) (2474 962))

I can't explain the reason. Any ideas?

Laurent.

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  • Laurent,

    The window location argument to hiOpenWindow (the ?bBox argument) is a hint to the window manager, but they don't reliably honour it (and different window managers behave in different ways). There's some aspect of the window decorations coming into play here - and some of these will be above, and some below the window. You can pass t as the second argument to the function which excludes the parts of the window which are the window manager decorations, but that doesn't match either.

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks Andrew for your prompt reply.

    Which function are you talking about when you advise to pass t as 2nd argument?

    My real need is actually to reuse the previous size and location of the window. The window's initial size in saved in a file (file already defined and used for other topics).

    Maybe, based on your experience, you can suggest a better way to do that?

    Laurent.

  • in reply to kkdesbois

    Hi Laurent,

    The second argument I'm talking about is for the hiGetAbsWindowScreenBBox function. I'm not sure it's going to help you though. 

    If you want access to the initial bounding box, you could do:

    windowName->initialBBox=bbox

    (note, your variable name windowName is a bit of a misnomer, since it's a window id that is returned from hiOpenWindow, not a window name). I'm just suggesting storing the bounding box as a property on the window - and then you retrieve that with windowId~>initialBox. Of course, it won't update if you move the window, so this may not be useful either...

    Regards,

    Andrew 

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hello Andrew,
    Thank you for your advices.

    I take note for being more rigorous when naming my variables in order their name to reflect their role Thumbsup

    The initialBBox won't be enough in my testcase because it's not being updated when the window is moved.

    Anyway, I adjusted my code in order to save only the lower point of the window and use that point to be the origin of the next opened window (which size is forced).

    See you in my next post Wink

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  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hello Andrew,
    Thank you for your advices.

    I take note for being more rigorous when naming my variables in order their name to reflect their role Thumbsup

    The initialBBox won't be enough in my testcase because it's not being updated when the window is moved.

    Anyway, I adjusted my code in order to save only the lower point of the window and use that point to be the origin of the next opened window (which size is forced).

    See you in my next post Wink

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