+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name: wx/msw/private/metrics.h
+// Purpose: various helper functions to retrieve system metrics
+// Author: Vadim Zeitlin
+// Created: 2008-09-05
+// RCS-ID: $Id$
+// Copyright: (c) 2008 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwidgets.org>
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef _WX_MSW_PRIVATE_METRICS_H_
+#define _WX_MSW_PRIVATE_METRICS_H_
+
+namespace wxMSWImpl
+{
+
+// return NONCLIENTMETRICS as retrieved by SystemParametersInfo()
+//
+// currently this is not cached as the values may change when system settings
+// do and we don't react to this to invalidate the cache but it could be done
+// in the future
+//
+// MT-safety: this function is only meant to be called from the main thread
+inline const NONCLIENTMETRICS& GetNonClientMetrics()
+{
+ static WinStruct<NONCLIENTMETRICS> nm;
+ if ( !::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, 0, &nm, 0) )
+ {
+#if WINVER >= 0x0600
+ // a new field has been added to NONCLIENTMETRICS under Vista, so
+ // the call to SystemParametersInfo() fails if we use the struct
+ // size incorporating this new value on an older system -- retry
+ // without it
+ nm.cbSize -= sizeof(int);
+ if ( !::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, 0, &nm, 0) )
+#endif // WINVER >= 0x0600
+ {
+ // maybe we should initialize the struct with some defaults?
+ wxLogLastError(_T("SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS)"));
+ }
+ }
+
+ return nm;
+}
+
+} // namespace wxMSWImpl
+
+#endif // _WX_MSW_PRIVATE_METRICS_H_
+