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From: uucibg@sw1e.UUCP (3929])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Saving window position question
Message-ID: <1812@sw1e.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 89 18:27:51 GMT
References: <505@suna.CMI.COM> <7889@hoptoad.uucp> <12616@well.UUCP> <7913@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: uucibg@sw1e.UUCP (Brian Gilstrap [5-3929])
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In article <7913@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>In article <12616@well.UUCP> wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann) writes:
>>It's actually much easier than that:
[a short but somewhat unclear method for saving the size of the current window]
>
>...................  Yes, I and many others are well aware that
>rectangles are laid out as two points; ....
>...................................  However, this kind of typecasting
>.. is, in brief, not clearly written.
>Much the same could be accomplished this way --
>	Point topLeft, bottomRight;
>	Rect saveRect;
>	SetPort(window);
>	SetPt(&topLeft, window->portRect.left, window->portRect.top);
>	SetPt(&bottomRight, window->portRect.right, window->portRect.bottom);
>	LocalToGlobal(&topLeft);
>	LocalToGlobal(&bottomRight);
>	SetRect(&saveRect, topLeft.left, topLeft.top, bottomRight.right,
>		bottomRight.bottom);
...

Why not simply do:

	Rect saveRect;
	...
	SetPort(window);
	saveRect = window->portRect;
	LocalToGlobal(&saveRect.topLeft);
	LocalToGlobal(&saveRect.bottomRight);
	/* Restore the port and go your merry way */

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