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Hallo, how do I script to set the loc of an answer/ask dialog please?

Also, I've been using which works fine, except from the bottom of the screen to the bottom of the window includes the menu bar's height as extra. I know this has been asked before on the Forum but after spending twenty minutes trying to find the post without success, I thought I'd ask the question again, if that's OK:

Could anyone help with that neat bit of scripting to centre the window to the screen exactly please? (If I put my mind to it, I probably could work it out, but it'd be clumsy coding, I'm sure... )

Hi Gyroscope,

This subject came up several times on the Mail List. You might find something useful here.

Best,

Mark

Thank you Mark, I keep forgetting that Mail List for info!

Rather than the screenloc, you may find it more consistent with other dialogs to have the position slightly above center. I use this function to place the dialog horizontally centered but only two-fifths down from the top:

function AlertLoc
return item 1 of the screenLoc, (item 4 of the screenRect div 5 )*2
end AlertLoc

Thank you Richard, for the neat function. I'll certainly be using that!

Hi Richard and gyroscope,

FourthWorld wrote:function AlertLoc
return item 1 of the screenLoc, (item 4 of the screenRect div 5 )*2
end AlertLoc

Could you please explain more in details how to use this function?

Thanks!

keram