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From: toebes@sas.UUCP (John Toebes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: RAW: windows
Keywords: RAW: window size
Message-ID: <516@sas.UUCP>
Date: 27 May 88 12:59:48 GMT
References: <5997@well.UUCP> <1162@pur-phy>
Reply-To: toebes@sas.UUCP (John Toebes)
Organization: SAS Institute Inc, Cary NC
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In reference to finding the size of a RAW: window:

I know this isn't the answer that you are looking for, but I would
recommend that you look into using console.device directly with a
window that you open.  The code for dealing with the window as a normal
RAW: window is quite simple - I put an example of doing a simple
printf, puts, getchar etc. in the article I wrote for Ami-Transactor.
This will ultimately give you the most flexibility and control over what
happens to the window.  It will also open the path for improving the
Amiga interface with less work.

However IF you do want to go with a RAW: window, I suggest 3 things:
  1) Get CONMAN.  You can control quite explicitely how the window is
     to be opened (no sizing gadget or borders, etc) as well as
     a close gadget.
  2) Use the info packet (sample posted by Andy Finkel some time back)
     to obtain the window pointer from the handler.  Given this, you
     can get the size by just looking at the structure.  (Someone
     else scream if this seems distasteful)
  3) Use the raw events sequence to get back all the resizing events so
     that you can track them.  You will find these documented in the
     AmigaDOS reference manual.

See, it isn't that painless, you have at least 4 attacks on the problem.
These certainly aren't the only ones, I would suggest that you experiment
to find out what works best for you.
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