This command will return an integer value of the current screen depth.

Return Integer=SCREEN DEPTH()

The depth, the screen is set to

The depth value indicates the number of bits used to make up a color for the screen and therefore reveal how many colors in total can be used by the screen. A value of 16 indicates it is a 16-bit screen and uses 32000 colors, whereas a 32-bit screen uses 16 million colors.

cls

set display mode 800,600,32

set window on

maximize window

wait 1000*8

print "screen depth "+str$(screen depth()) 

do

loop

end

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