Display and movement functions show, hide, and move windows and obtain information about the number and position of windows on the screen. Following are display and movement functions:
Function | Description |
ArrangeIconicWindows | Arranges minimized (iconic) child windows. |
BeginDeferWindowPos | Initializes memory used by the DeferWindowPos function. |
BringWindowToTop | Brings a window to the top of a stack of overlapped windows. |
CloseWindow | Minimizes the specified window. |
DeferWindowPos | Records positioning information for a window to be moved or resized by the EndDeferWindowPos function. |
EndDeferWindowPos | Positions or sizes several windows simultaneously based on information recorded by the DeferWindowPos function. |
GetClientRect | Copies the coordinates of a window's client area. |
GetWindowPlacement | Retrieves the show state and the normal (restored), minimized, and maximized positions of a window. |
GetWindowRect | Copies the dimensions of an entire window. |
GetWindowText | Copies a window title into a buffer. |
GetWindowTextLength | Returns the length, in bytes, of the given window's title or text. |
IsIconic | Specifies whether a window is minimized (iconic). |
IsWindowVisible | Determines whether the given window is visible. |
IsZoomed | Determines whether a window is maximized. |
MoveWindow | Changes the size and position of a window. |
OpenIcon | Opens the specified window. |
SetWindowPlacement | Sets the show state and the normal (restored), minimized, and maximized positions of a window. |
SetWindowPos | Changes the size, position, and ordering of overlapped, pop-up, and child windows. |
SetWindowText | Sets the window title or text. |
ShowOwnedPopups | Shows or hides all pop-up windows. |
ShowWindow | Sets the visibility state of the given window. |
For detailed information about the display and movement functions, see the Microsoft Windows Programmer's Reference, Volume 2.