LabWindows/CVI

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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.

Supported Controls

You can use GetCtrlBoundingRect with all LabWindows/CVI user interface controls.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
panelHandle int Specifier for a particular panel that is currently in memory. You can obtain this handle from functions such as LoadPanel and NewPanel.
controlID int 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 functions such as NewCtrl and DuplicateCtrl.
Output
Name Type Description
top int 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 int 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 int 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 int 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 int Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred.

Additional Information

Library: User Interface Library

Include file: userint.h

LabWindows/CVI compatibility: LabWindows/CVI 3.0 and later

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