[futurebasic] Re: [FB] SetZoom statement

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From: Robert Covington <artlythere@...>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:25:03 -0500
On Wednesday, January 7, 2004, at 08:08  AM, Ted Spencer wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 7, 2004, at 05:37  AM, Bernie Wylde wrote:
>
>> The SetZoom statement supposedly lets us specify the screen rect that 
>> a window will occupy when the zoom box is clicked. In practice, the 
>> window's top/left remain where they are and just the width and height 
>> change (see example).
>>
>> As my app asks the user to specify the zoom rect, is it safe to say 
>> that they only need to enter two params not four, W & H? Then, the 
>> statement's top and left params would always be set to zero: SetZoom 
>> 1, (0,0)-(W,H).
>>
>> ... or am I missing something?
>
> That very terse example does something odd here: if the SMALL version 
> of the window is moved on the screen, it will no longer zoom, but if 
> the BIG window is moved, the zoom works as it did (whether rightly or 
> wrongly?).
>
> ... or am I missing more than usual?
> --
> Ted Spencer

I noticed that too, but forgot to mention it. Weirdo-rama. Is not a 
factor in PPC and Standard.

I suspect muckishness is afoot. Fowl play, for chickens, who will go 
where fowls fear to tread.

:)

rc