Is it possible to retrieve a floating window position?

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Hi there,

I have a plugin that opens a Floating Window, using MultiWindowCommand and there I set up the X and Y where this Window opens.

What I want to do is, if and when the user moves that Window, I’d like to retrieve that new position and set it as the new opening position.

Essentially I want the Floating Window to always open on last position, but I can’t seem to find anyway of retrieving Windows positions.

Any help?

2

You can get the position of all by reading the properties for the floating window item. If you use the ConfigDump tool plugin sample it look like this:

confdumpFloat
confdumpFloat720×432 55.4 KB

https://doc.developer.milestonesys.com/html/index.html?base=samples/configurationdump_sample.html&tree=tree_1.html

For getting the floating window you might utilize:

List<Item> windows = Configuration.Instance.GetItemsByKind(Kind.Window);

or if you know the Id of the floating window:

Item window = Configuration.Instance.GetItem(floatingWindowObjectId, Kind.Window);
3

Hello,

When I close the floating window is some message sent inside the system? I tried

EnvironmentManager.Instance.RegisterReceiver(SetWindowLocation, new MessageIdFilter(MessageId.SmartClient.MultiWindowCommand));

But this only responds when the message to pop-up the window is sent and not when I close it (using the X button on the window)

I was trying to obtain the window coordinates right before the floating window was closed, so I can save them for the next pop-up.

4

I experimented with this listening to the event with the Message Tester tools plugin sample and I found that this works:

MessageTester- changed the MessageTesterUserControl like this -

private delegate object MessageReceiverDelegate(VideoOS.Platform.Messaging.Message message, FQID dest, FQID sender);
 
private object messageReceiver(VideoOS.Platform.Messaging.Message message, FQID dest, FQID sender)
{
	if (InvokeRequired)
	{
		return Invoke( new MessageReceiverDelegate( messageReceiver ), new object[] {message, dest, sender} );
	}
	else
	{
		String extra = "";
		if (message.Data != null)
		{
			extra = message.Data.ToString();
		}
		if (sender != null)
		{
			extra += ", sender=" + sender.ObjectId;
			if (message.MessageId == "SmartClient.SelectedViewChangedIndication")
			{
				var ws = Configuration.Instance.GetItemsByKind(Kind.Window);
				Item w = ws.Find(x => x.FQID.ObjectId == sender.ObjectId);
				string strx;
				if (w.Properties.TryGetValue("Location.X", out strx)) extra += " X= " + strx;
			}
		}
		int ix = listBoxTrace.Items.Add(message.MessageId + "  " + extra);
		listBoxTrace.SetSelected(ix, true);
		listBoxTrace.SetSelected(ix, false);
		return null;
	}
}
5

Hi Bo,

Thank you for your help and sorry for the late reply, got caught up in other things.

I tried what you suggested and it works fine when the floating window pops up but not when it is closed or moved.

When the Floating Window pops up I can retrieve it’s location with no struggle. But that doesn’t fit what I need to have, which is the last known position ( so I can save that and tell the Floating Window to open on that position next time).

What happens when I close the Floating Window is this piece of code explodes since there are no windows opened.

var ws =  Configuration.Instance.GetItemsByKind(Kind.Window);
Item w = ws.Find(x => x.FQID.ObjectId == sender.ObjectId); <--- explodes here

Any ideas on this? Isn’t there any event raised when floating windows are closed?

6

I believe there is an event when the window is closed, but this points to a closed windows object which explains the “exploding”.

I am unsure if you can get closer but my suggestion is to set a breakpoint and explore in depth the event you see.

https://developer.milestonesys.com/s/article/debugging-techniques-for-Smart-Client-plugins