How "should" I remember and reuse form size and location?

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Steve McKewen - 18 Jan 2008 02:10 GMT

I have a VC 2005 application that I want to remember some dialog locations
and sizes between executions.
What is the recommended process for this?

Steve

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David Lowndes - 20 Jan 2008 14:45 GMT

>I have a VC 2005 application that I want to remember some dialog locations
>and sizes between executions.
>What is the recommended process for this?

Steve,

I'd try handling the WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED message, save the settings
you want and restore them (using SetWindowPos) in response to the
WM_INITDIALOG message on startup.

Dave

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Steve McKewen - 20 Jan 2008 23:23 GMT

Thanks Dave.
I know how to get and set the position and size, but what is the
recommended/easiest method to store and retrieve the values.
Previously I have used registry entries, but what should I use in dotnet
2.0?

Steve

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David Lowndes - 21 Jan 2008 12:19 GMT

>I know how to get and set the position and size, but what is the
>recommended/easiest method to store and retrieve the values.
>Previously I have used registry entries, but what should I use in dotnet
>2.0?

I don't know what's best for your application Steve, it depends on
your requirements as to whether you should continue to use the
registry or store the settings in a configuration file. If it's a
per-user setting, I'd probably stick with the registry myself.

Dave

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Steve McKewen - 22 Jan 2008 00:33 GMT

I already have a configuration file for application settings, but I want to
keep per user stuff for screen layouts.
I will use the regsitry.

Thanks Dave

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