HOWTO: Translate Dialog-Box Size Units to Screen Units

• Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

SUMMARY

In the Microsoft Windows graphical environment, the MapDialogRect function converts dialog-box units to screen units easily.

MORE INFORMATION

When a application dynamically adds a child window to a dialog box, it may be necessary to align the new control with other controls that were defined in the dialog box's resource template in the RC file. Because the dialog box template defines the size and position of a controls in dialog-box units rather than in screen units (pixels), the application must translate dialog-box units to screen units to align the new child window.

An application can use the following two methods to translate dialog- box units to screen units:

1. The MapDialogRect function provides the easier method. This function converts dialog-box units to screen units automatically.
   
   For more details on this method, please see the documentation for the MapDialogRect function in the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK).



2. Use the GetDialogBaseUnits function to retrieve the size of the dialog base units in pixels. A dialog unit in the x direction is one-fourth of the width that GetDialogBaseUnits returns. A dialog unit in the y direction is one-eighth of the height that the function returns.
   
   For more details on this method, see the documentation for the GetDialogBaseUnits function in the Windows SDK.

Additional query words: convert unit pixel

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Last Reviewed: March 7, 1999