FIX: CheckAutoCenter May Return TRUE with DS_ABSALIGN

 Last reviewed: September 18, 1997
Article ID: Q132116
The information in this article applies to:
  • The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) included with: - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, versions 2.0, 2.1

SYMPTOMS

Positioning a dialog box, using DS_ABSALIGN and the Y axis screen coordinate of zero causes the dialog box to be centered within the application's main window.

CAUSE

The function Dialog::CheckAutoCenter() is called to determine whether the dialog should be centered. In the case of y == 0, CheckAutoCenter() will always return TRUE. This happens because of the following code from CheckAutoCenter() in WINCORE.CPP: 

   BOOL bResult = !(lpTemplate->style & DS_ABSALIGN) &&
       lpTemplate->x == 0 || lpTemplate->y == 0;
Note that because of the way C/C++ handles logical expressions, if lpTemplate->style == DS_ABSALIGN, then lpTemplate->x == 0 will not be evaluated. However, lpTemplate->y == 0 is evaluated and therefore is capable of returning TRUE to CheckAutoCenter().

RESOLUTION

Do not use a Y coordinate of zero with DS_ABSALIGN.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual C++ 5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

To reproduce this problem set the DS_ABSALIGN style and a y position of zero for the about box of a standard Appwizard-generated application.

Additional query words: center

Keywords : MfcUI vcfixlist500 kbprg kbbuglist kbfixlist
Technology : kbMfc
Version : 2.0 2.1
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: September 18, 1997
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