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schoenhs
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Posted: 29th Dec 2003 01:23
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hey i was wondering if anyone had made a dll (or if anyone knew any other method) to find the desktop height and width, thanks!!!
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 29th Dec 2003 01:26
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there are functions in dbp that will return the width and height of the desktop

look in dbp help, i think they are under screen commands

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IanM
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Posted: 29th Dec 2003 15:22
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They only return the size of the bitmap (640x480 by default).

Pick up my utility plug-in, and you'll find a couple of functions there that will do this for you

For free Plug-ins, source and the DBPro Interface library for Visual C++ 6 and .NET
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 29th Dec 2003 16:46
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wait what?

isn't there a screen width, screen height function that returns the width and height based on the current resolution?

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schoenhs
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Posted: 29th Dec 2003 19:50
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oh thats exactly what i needed thanks
@Cattle Rustler:
what you must be thinking of is what IanM said the only functions are Screen Width() and Screen Height() and those return the size of the window you are currently using...

anyway thanks again, was hoping i wouldnt have to write my own dll just to do that btw, is writing dlls for DB any different from writing them for blitz, if there is something else i need to do to do it could you point me in the rite direction
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the_winch
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Posted: 29th Dec 2003 23:56
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You can also do it using the api



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IanM
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Posted: 30th Dec 2003 00:09
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... and that is how the plug-in does it

@schoenhs, are you writing dlls for DBC or DBPro?

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schoenhs
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IanM
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In that case, have a look at the .doc file in your DBPro installation folder (just do a search for it).

Also, there is both an example framework available from my site and the source code for my utility plug-in if you want to look

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