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From: ml10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael A. Libes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: window location
Message-ID: <4Zt2YJO00WBM41zExG@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 22 Feb 90 18:01:57 GMT
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Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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In-Reply-To: <14210@reed.UUCP>

>Is this the easiest way to get the global location of a window (in C): (?)
>locRect = *(Rect *) (*(short **)(((WindowPeek)(theWindow))->contRgn)+1);


I use LocalToGlobal to get the window posistion:

   Point p;
   SetPt(&p,wWindow->portRect.left,wWindow->portRect.top);
   SetPort(wWindow);
   LocalToGlobal(&p);


    - luni