Postion Of Control On Form

[AlastairP]

How do I get the position of a text box or edit box relative to the top of the SCREEN?
This is for a tablet PC, for when the keyboard is covering the controls needing data entry

this.xyzcontrol.top is only useful if the control is on the form.
If control is in a container (Which they all are) this refers to the top of the container

 

[Dan Freeman]

You can find any control's position relative to the form with OBJTOCLIENT().

 

[AlastairP]

Thank you,
That will do the trick

 

[Mike Lewis]

Just to add to Dan's answer, the following code might be useful. Put this in a custom method of the control:

* Left position of the control
lnLeft = OBJTOCLIENT(this, 2) + thisform.Left + SYSMETRIC(3)

* Top position of the control
lnTop = OBJTOCLIENT(this, 1) + this.Height + thisform.Top + ;
  SYSMETRIC(9) + SYSMETRIC(4)

In both cases, this gives the position of the control relative to the _SCREEEN client area, taking account of window borders and scroll bars.

Mike



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[AlastairP]

Thanks Mike
That will do perfectly