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Code Snippet - CenterWindow

Author:	Arkon
Category:	Win32API
File Size:	399 Bytes
Uploaded at:	01-Mar-03 02:50:38 am
Description:
Center the given (hWnd) window according to screen's resolution and window's size.

RECT dlgRect = {0}; GetWindowRect(hWnd, &dlgRect); int widthResolution = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN); int heightResolution = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN); int newXPos = (widthResolution / 2) - (abs(dlgRect.right - dlgRect.left) / 2), newYPos = (heightResolution / 2) - (abs(dlgRect.bottom - dlgRect.top) / 2); SetWindowPos(hWnd, NULL, newXPos, newYPos, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE \| SWP_NOZORDER);

User Contributed Comments(1)

[1] arkon | 2006-07-12 20:14:40

if you create a dialog, just set the DS_CENTER flag in the style flags.

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