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Posted: 17th Sep 2006 05:07

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Hello there, did anyone be able to retrieve the system info from User32.dll in windows\system32?, if so, what I need is the info off from this file "GetSystemMetrics", and get cxscreen, cyscreen(this will tell us the setting we are using in the graphic resolution displaying on our screens, for example 800x600, 1024x768, etc, since everyone, between widescreen, regular screen, their settings are not same in their machines..)

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Posted: 17th Sep 2006 19:40

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global desktop_width
global desktop_height
global desktop_depth

get_desktop_size()

print "W = ";desktop_width
print "H = ";desktop_height
print "D = ";desktop_depth

wait key
end

function get_desktop_size()
   SM_CXSCREEN = 0
   SM_CYSCREEN = 1
   BITSPIXEL = 12
   hdc as dword
   dll_1=free_dll()
   load dll "user32.dll",dll_1
   dll_2=free_dll()
   load dll "gdi32.dll",dll_2
   desktop_width=call dll(dll_1,"GetSystemMetrics",SM_CXSCREEN)
   desktop_height=call dll(dll_1,"GetSystemMetrics",SM_CYSCREEN)
   hdc=call dll(dll_1, "GetDC", 0)
   desktop_depth=call dll(dll_2, "GetDeviceCaps", hdc, BITSPIXEL)
   call dll dll_1, "ReleaseDC", 0, hdc
   delete dll dll_2
   delete dll dll_1
endfunction

function free_dll()
   repeat
      inc n
   until dll exist(n)=0
endfunction n

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