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From: Deanna Earley <dee.ear...@icode.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Question about RECT
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:08:45 +0100
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On 07/08/2012 14:52, -mhd wrote:
> Are the values represented by Right and Bottom supposed to be absolute or
> relative to Left and Top?

They are the absolute right and bottom coordinates*. If they were 
relative, they would be called width and height.

* exclusive. 10,10 to 20,20 will give you a 10x10 box from 10,10 to 19,19.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/02/18/75652.aspx

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