How to Find the Current Video Resolution

Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
Article ID: Q110361

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, version 2.5b

You can programmatically determine the current video resolution by using the SYSMETRIC() function. SYSMETRIC(1) returns the current screen width in pixels, and SYSMETRIC(2) returns the current screen height in pixels. Combining these two function calls will give the current video resolution.

Example

   WAIT WINDOW "The Current Video Resolution is ";
      + LTRIM(STR(SYSMETRIC(1)))+ " X " + LTRIM(STR(SYSMETRIC(2)))

REFERENCES

FoxPro for Windows "Language Reference," page L3-1064 FoxPro for Macintosh "Language Reference," pages 840-841

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxMac FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b
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KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

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Last reviewed: April 30, 1996
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