Choosing the window size and position
To resize a window in the Layout view
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Drag the edge of the window in the Window painter’s Layout
view.Resizing a window is easiest using the Layout view, but
you can also change the window’s width and height properties in
the Properties view.
To specify a window’s position and size
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Click the window’s background so the Properties view
displays window properties. -
Select the Other tab.
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Enter values for x and y locations in PowerBuilder
units.About x and y values
For main, pop-up, response, and MDI frame windows, x and
y locations are relative to the upper-left corner of the
screen. For child windows, x and y are relative to the
parent. -
Enter values for width and height in PowerBuilder
units.The size of the window changes in the Layout view.
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To see the position of the window, click the Preview
button in the PainterBar (not the Preview button on the
PowerBar). -
To return to PowerBuilder, close the window.
For information about preview, see Viewing your work.
About PowerBuilder units
All window measurements are in PowerBuilder units (PBUs).
Using these units, you can build applications that look similar on
different resolution screens. A PBU is defined in terms of logical
inches. The size of a logical inch is defined by your operating
system as a specific number of pixels. The number is dependent on
the display device. Windows typically uses 96 pixels per logical
inch for small fonts and 120 pixels per logical inch for large
fonts.
Almost all sizes in the Window painter and in scripts are
expressed as PowerBuilder units. The two exceptions are text size,
which is expressed in points, and grid size in the Window and
DataWindow painters, which is in pixels.
For more about PowerBuilder units, see the section called “PixelsToUnits” in PowerScript Reference
and the section called “UnitsToPixels” in PowerScript Reference.