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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Rohit Gupta
> Sent: Monday, 12 June 2000 15:45
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: Screen Size
>
>
> Jason,
>
> thanks for the effort. From the help files, I knew I could do that.
> My fault for not specifying the requirement. I wish my app to run in
> 1024X768. The current temporary solution is that it refuses to run if
> you are in say 800x600. What I want to do is to change the
> settings to 1024x768 run the program and on exit, change the
> system backto what it was.
>
> For this to work,
>
> 1. I need to know the exact mode number to restore to.
> 2. I need to know the current mode number so that I can figure out
> things like font size and display frequency before flipping to
> 1024x768... otherwise we could have sync problems.
>
> And there is no GetDisplaysettings. EnumDisplaySettings as you
> know gives you all the settings but I cant find anyway to know what
> the current setting is. I can get a few of those fields from
> GetSystemMetrics, but not all.
You can also get some from GetDeviceCaps, such as
GetDeviceCaps( Canvas.Handle, HORZRES )
GetDeviceCaps( Canvas.Handle, VERTRES )
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