Re: TK - Best MainWindow management tips

Well this beautiful piece of code answers questions 1,2 and 3 --> Re: Maximise or minimise Perl/Tk Main Window I doubt you'll get better than that!

Update: You'll actually see running this a small problem (on Win32 systems), the window maximises to even go underneath your application tray at the bottom of the screen so that the bottom of your MainWindow is hidden. I'll work on a solution and post it. Anyone?
Answer:Okay answer is here I posted it further down this thread, SORRY! I should have put it here.

I'm most curious about point 4. I'll have to research that some more and write back.

Actually I'd be interested also in how to centre a MainWindow on your screen. Anyone?

Update: Okay here is a nice solution to centering your window --> Center a Tk window on the screen The second solution given on this page works best

This is also a good article on Windows Window Management Win32 Window Hierarchy and Styles

Dean
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Re: Re: TK - Best MainWindow management tips by eserte (Deacon) on Mar 26, 2004 at 11:14 UTC
See http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~eserte/src/perl/Win32Util/ for the "maximize" method. With this and the help of Win32::API the mainwindow will not obscure the taskbar.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: TK - Best MainWindow management tips by crabbdean (Pilgrim) on Mar 26, 2004 at 12:11 UTC
Thanks! Although, on "make test" I get this error. Makefile:644: *** missing separator. Stop. Not being familiar with this install process I'm at a loss here. Any pointers? ... or else I'll have to research how to solve this problem. I'll also look more into the Win32::API. Thanks Dean The Funkster of Mirth Programming these days takes more than a lone avenger with a compiler. - sam RFC1149: A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: TK - Best MainWindow management tips by eserte (Deacon) on Mar 26, 2004 at 13:53 UTC
Maybe you need to use "nmake" or "dmake", depending on your perl version.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TK - Best MainWindow management tips by crabbdean (Pilgrim) on Mar 26, 2004 at 22:31 UTC
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TK - Best MainWindow management tips by eserte (Deacon) on Mar 29, 2004 at 11:12 UTC
Re: Re: TK - Best MainWindow management tips by herveus (Prior) on Mar 26, 2004 at 17:32 UTC
Howdy! perhaps worse yet, for my, it may well cram the title bar against the top of the screen, under my task bar (which is where god intended it to be). That misconduct, seen in Microsloth Excel, on my Win2K box, makes it real interesting to get to the minimize and close buttons... yours, Michael	[reply]