SetLayoutDialogPosition.md

SetLayoutDialogPosition

Description

This function moves the dialog window to the given location. Call this function to override the default automatic positioning of the dialog window. The dialog will be pinned so that it is at least partly onscreen.

This function can be useful for displaying a dialog in a position in which it was placed during prior use.

FUNCTION SetLayoutDialogPosition(
				dialogID : LONGINT;
				left     : INTEGER;
				top      : INTEGER): BOOLEAN;

def vs.SetLayoutDialogPosition(dialogID, left, top):
    return BOOLEAN

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
dialogID	LONGINT	Index of the dialog.
left	INTEGER	Location of left edge of dialog in pixels.
top	INTEGER	Location of top edge of dialog in pixels.

Examples

VectorScript

PROCEDURE Dialog;
VAR
   id,tmpInt : INTEGER;
   result : BOOLEAN;

   PROCEDURE dialog_Handler(VAR item : LONGINT; data : LONGINT);
   BEGIN
      CASE item OF
         SetupDialogC:
         BEGIN
            result:=SetLayoutDialogPosition(id,100,100);
         END;
         1: ;
         2: ;
      END;
   END;
   
BEGIN
   id:=CreateLayout('Title',FALSE,'OK','Cancel');
   CreateStaticText(id,100,'Message',20);
   SetFirstLayoutItem(id,100);
   tmpInt:=RunLayoutDialog(id,dialog_Handler);
END;
RUN(Dialog);

Python

See Also

VS Functions: GetLayoutDialogPosition

Version

Availability: from VectorWorks11.0

Category

• Dialogs - Modern