Saving and Restoring Windows Position with win32 api

[mcoswel]

Hi guys, do you have any code in win32 api (c++) which can save and restore windows positions. I tried to googling on how to save and restore windows pos tutorial but I can't find the one which is in win32 api. Most of the tutorial is in mfc. Is there any source code in c++ using win32 api which can save/restore windows pos? Thanx.

[hoxsiew]

There is no API call to do this. You'll have to get your window position at exit, save it somewhere (probably registry) then retrieve this value when a new window is created.

[mcoswel]

Hi hoxsiew, do u know how can I store my windows position using registry? Do u hv any example code on how to do that? Thanx.

[hoxsiew]

No, not specifically.

If you use a framework like MFC, it is done for you; the framework creates an entry in the software section for your application and it is easily accessed by the CWinApp members. Otherwise, you'll have to create the entry yourself. See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

for a list of the registry API functions.

You can use GetWindowPlacement/SetWindowPlacement:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

to save/restore window position information.