GetCtrlBoundingRect

int GetCtrlBoundingRect (int panelHandle, int controlID, int *top, int *left, int *height, int *width);

Purpose

Returns the top, left, width, and height coordinates of the bounding rectangle of a control.

The bounding rectangle encloses the body of the control and all of labels of the control.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
panelHandle integer Specifier for a particular panel that is currently in memory. You obtain this handle from LoadPanel, NewPanel, or DuplicatePanel.
controlID integer The defined constant, located in the .uir header file, that you assigned to the control in the User Interface Editor, or the ID returned by NewCtrl or DuplicateCtrl.
Output
Name Type Description
top integer The top coordinate of the bounding rectangle of the control.

The range of top is –32,768 to 32,767. The origin (0,0) is at the upper left corner of the panel, before the panel is scrolled, directly below the title bar. You can pass NULL for this parameter.
left integer The left coordinate of the bounding rectangle of the control.

The range of left is –32,768 to 32,767. The origin (0,0) is at the upper left corner of the panel, before the panel is scrolled, directly below the title bar. You can pass NULL for this parameter.
height integer The vertical size of the bounding rectangle of the control.

The range of height is 1 to 32,767. The origin (0,0) is at the upper left corner of the panel, before the panel is scrolled, directly below the title bar.
width integer The horizontal size of the bounding rectangle of the control.

The range of width is 1 to 32,767. The origin (0,0) is at the upper left corner of the panel, before the panel is scrolled, directly below the title bar.

Return Value

Name Type Description
status integer Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred.

Code Error Message String
xx Success