METRICS function

Purpose

Retrieves information or dimensions of system elements.

Syntax

MetricVar = METRICS(MetricName)

Remarks

Returns information about the particular system metric specified by the parameter MetricName. All dimensions are specified in pixels. For example:

MetricVar& = METRICS(Scroll.Horz)

The above example retrieves the height (in pixels) of a horizontal scrollbar, and assigns it to the variable MetricVar&.

MetricName

MetricName	Description
BORDER.X	The width of a window border.
BORDER.Y	The height of a window border.
CAPTION	The height of a normal caption area.
EDGE.X	The width of a 3-D border.
EDGE.Y	The height of a 3-D border.
FRAME.FIXED.X	The thickness of the horizontal frame of a window which is fixed size (one which cannot be resized).
FRAME.FIXED.Y	The thickness of the vertical frame of a window which is fixed size (one which cannot be resized).
FRAME.RESIZE.X	The thickness of the horizontal frame of a window which can be resized.
FRAME.RESIZE.Y	The thickness of the vertical frame of a window which can be resized.
ICON.X	The default width of an icon.
ICON.Y	The default height of an icon.
ICONSPACE.X	The width of a grid cell for items in large icon view.
ICONSPACE.Y	The height of a grid cell for items in large icon view.
MAXIMIZED.X	The width of a maximized top-level window.
MAXIMIZED.Y	The height of a maximized top-level window.
MENUBAR	The height of a single-line menu bar.
MINIMUM.X	The minimum width of a window.
MINIMUM.Y	The minimum height of a window.
SCROLL.HORZ	The height of a horizontal scrollbar.
SCROLL.VERT	The width of a vertical scrollbar.