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   .os2.apps:1427 comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:1964   
   From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard    
      
   > The value of the sInitialShape keyword consists of 9 16 bit words.   
   >   
      
   It's possibly a SWP structure as returned by the WinQueryWindowPos()    
   call.  That would make these:   
      
   > word 1: always 8700   
   >   
   flags, meaning    
   SWP_NOAUTOCLOSE|SWP_MINIMIZE|SWP_DEACTIVATE|SWP_EXTSTATECHANGE .   
      
   > If fMaximize is 0, sInitialShape is ignored and the position is chosen    
   > by the system; if fMaximize is 1, the sInitialShape value only affects    
   > the position of the window. In either case, the size is always 80x25    
   > characters as specified by ~Font Size.   
   >   
      
   As I alluded before, what's probably happening is that the window is    
   actually being set to the required position and size, but the window    
   itself is altering the size request on the fly before it is acted upon.     
   Windows can do that.  It's the WM_ADJUSTWINDOWPOS message.   
      
      
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