Re: TK - Best MainWindow management tips

[crabbdean]

Well this beautiful piece of code answers questions 1,2 and 3 --> Re: Maximise or minimise Perl/Tk Main Window I doubt you'll get better than that!

Update: You'll actually see running this a small problem (on Win32 systems), the window maximises to even go underneath your application tray at the bottom of the screen so that the bottom of your MainWindow is hidden. I'll work on a solution and post it. Anyone?
Answer:Okay answer is here I posted it further down this thread, SORRY! I should have put it here.

I'm most curious about point 4. I'll have to research that some more and write back.

Actually I'd be interested also in how to centre a MainWindow on your screen. Anyone?

Update: Okay here is a nice solution to centering your window --> Center a Tk window on the screen The second solution given on this page works best

This is also a good article on Windows Window Management Win32 Window Hierarchy and Styles

[eserte]

See http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~eserte/src/perl/Win32Util/ for the "maximize" method. With this and the help of Win32::API the mainwindow will not obscure the taskbar.

[crabbdean]

Thanks! Although, on "make test" I get this error.

Makefile:644: *** missing separator. Stop.

Not being familiar with this install process I'm at a loss here. Any pointers? ... or else I'll have to research how to solve this problem. I'll also look more into the Win32::API. Thanks

[eserte]

Maybe you need to use "nmake" or "dmake", depending on your perl version.

[herveus]

Howdy!

perhaps worse yet, for my, it may well cram the title bar against the top of the screen, under my task bar (which is where god intended it to be).

That misconduct, seen in Microsloth Excel, on my Win2K box, makes it real interesting to get to the minimize and close buttons...