Re: Largest figure possible

Paul Mennen wrote:
>
>
> Is there a way to detect the position of the
> taskbar in a Windows system? The reason I ask
> is that I have a gui that wants as much screen
> area as possible. Some of my coworkers put the
> task bar at the top and others leave it in the
> default (bottom) position. It seems like I have
> to waste some space at the top for the default
> people or at the bottom for the top taskbar people.
> If I could determine the taskbar position, I could
> make the figure use all the availabel space.
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have.
>
> ~Paul

There is a small utility called AutoIt (scripts can be compiled to
exes), I´m not sure it can do what you ask for but it is worth a
look.
<http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/>

/PB
.

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