WORK-AREA-Y attribute The starting y-coordinate (the upper left-hand corner) of the work-area in pixels. The work-area is the portion of the Windows desktop that is not hidden by task bars. That is, the dimensions of the work-area are the dimensions of the Windows desktop minus the dimensions of all task bars on the Windows desktop. Data type: INTEGER Access: Read-only Applies to: SESSION system handle On character platforms, this attribute returns the Unknown value (?).