Re: Window.Left and WIndow.Top incorrect

[Norman Palardy <npalardy@great-white-software.com>]

On 29-Jul-09, at 10:30 AM, Michael Diehr wrote:

> On Jul 29, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Greg O'Lone wrote:
> > > triggerAutoComplete
> > > dim x,y as integer
> > > x = me.left
> > > y = me.top
> > > // figure out global coordinates
> > > x = x + self.left
> > > y = y + self.top
> > Problem is that because this is a subclass of an editfield  
> > self.left and self.top are returning the top/left corner of the  
> > control... not the window.
> I thought "self" was always the owner window (which may be a  
> ContainerControl).   What you are describing sounds like  
> "Super.left"...odd.
In an instance placed on a windows self refers to the window and me  
refers to the instance on the window
In the code in a subclass, me and self refer to the instance (they are  
synonyms)




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