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Q170749: INFO: What Window Position Values in Some INI Variables Mean

Article: Q170749
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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Some variables in the initialization files require window position values. The
meaning of these values are undocumented and, therefore, described in this
article.

MORE INFORMATION
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You may see some of these variables in your ss.ini file:

  Visual_Merge_Rect
  Position_Toolbar
  Hist_Rect
  Visual_Diff_Rect

For example:

  Visual_Merge_Rect (PC) = 139, 172, 876, 654, 1024, 768.
  Hist_Rect (PC) = 233, 206, 766, 542, 1024, 768

The values of the variables, represented in pixels, are translated as follows:

  .ini File Setting = LEFT, TOP, WIDTH, HEIGHT, SCREEN RESOLUTION WIDTH,
  SCREEN RESOLUTION HEIGHT

Reference coordinates are measured from the top-left corner of the computer
screen.

REFERENCES
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For more information on .ini variables, refer to the User's guide and Online
Help. Additionally, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q140316 INFO: All Variable Settings for Visual SourceSafe .INI File

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe400a kbSSafe500
Issue type        : kbinfo

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