Remember window size and position

> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:28:16 GMT, drtau <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Is there an easy way to get an application window to remember its
> > size and position, so the next time the user opens it, it is the way
> > he left it?  Or do I need to manually store that info when he
> > exits the application (store the size and position in the registry?) and reset its size
> > and position the next time he starts up the application?
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> given the choice, I would steer clear of the registry and keep
> the stuff in local files. this way you get well-behaved apps
> that can easily be (un-)installed by dragging folders.
>
> having said that, I would store positions and sizes somewhere
> in the application and on exit write this object by means of
> STBOutFiler onto a file, which will be read when the application
> starts up next time. That's another thing which was much easier
> than I thought, when I did it for the first time in Smalltalk.
>
> s.