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   Dean Earley to Joe-Paul   
   Re: Windows Display Settings   
   27 Mar 06 10:33:46   
   
   From: dean.earley@icode.co.uk   
      
   Joe-Paul wrote:   
   > Is there a way to get the desktop (computer's) display settings (the size of   
   > the window; i.e. 1024 X 768, etc.) when starting a program...   
      
   Screen.Width and Screen.Height for the primary monitor only.   
      
   To get other monitor sizes, look at the multi monitor API:   
   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194578/en-us   
      
   > changing it to   
   > what it needs to be for the length of the program and then resetting it upon   
   > leaving the program?   
      
   This is probably better implemented with DirectX or OpenGL.   
   Sorry, I cant give any more info about them.   
      
   Why does your app require a specific screen res?   
      
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