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ljfarrugia



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:11 pm    Post subject: Getting Screen Resolution Reply with quote

For years I have been using the API function GetSystemMetrics with Clearwin to get the current screen resolution, in order to decide on the size of graphics windows

Is there a better way?
On one of my laptops GetSytemMetrics reports a screen resolution of 1280x720, but Windows says the resolution is actually 1920x1080
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PaulLaidler
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You may need to enable DP! awareness.

If you are using the latest release and your program has done something in ClearWin+ then DPI awareness will be on (Process_System_DPI_Aware) by default (but you need to be running Windows 8.1 or later).

Otherwise you can use the call
Code:
 i = SetDpiAwareness@(1)


See cwplus.enh for details.
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ljfarrugia



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, that works perfectly

What is the effect of a call SetDpiAwareness(1) if the operating system is earlier than Win 8.1 ?, i.e. can it be used safely in any program without
checking the Windows version?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes it can be used safely. The function returns 0 if the operating system is before Windows 8.1.
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