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I need to find the absolute position of a control within a VB6 application. (Absolute as in 0,0 = top,left of the Windows desktop).<br />
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I understand that VB.NET has a .PointToScreen method for doing this (I don't have .NET so I'm not sure).<br />
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The application is MDI-based and the controls may be in containers with different ScaleModes. Is there an API where you can pass the hWnd of a control and get back the absolute position?
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I need to find the absolute position of a control within a VB6 application. (Absolute as in 0,0 = top,left of the Windows desktop).

I understand that VB.NET has a .PointToScreen method for doing this (I don't have .NET so I'm not sure).

The application is MDI-based and the controls may be in containers with different ScaleModes. Is there an API where you can pass the hWnd of a control and get back the absolute position?

VB6 How to get the absolute position of a control?

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