TIP: Homescreen Plugins

[Guest samjam]

I've seen some homescreen plugins that assume a width of 172.

I notice these don't proxy well in Dr Blo's (or Oranges) layouts unless width is set to 100%

It seems like most Microsoft (and Orange) plugins don't assume a lot about the width and only calculation size bsaed on the width of the paintrect they get for the paint event.

So the tip is: Don't assume width is 172, get width (and cache, if required) from the width of the RECT in the paint event.

Developers who follow this tip will find their plugins work find when proxied not at 100% and in other as-yet un-expected circumstances.