home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18 / NN_1992_18.iso / spool / comp / os / mswindo / programm / misc / 1336 < prev    next >
Encoding:
Text File  |  1992-08-14  |  904 b   |  22 lines
  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!blakeco
  3. From: blakeco@microsoft.com (Blake Coverett)
  4. Subject: Re: What is the windows call to find the video mode?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug14.184758.6739@microsoft.com>
  6. Date: 14 Aug 92 18:47:58 GMT
  7. Organization: Microsoft Canada Inc.
  8. References: <l8ijr3INN8qr@predator.cs.utexas.edu> <1992Aug12.225218.9547@catfish.az05.bull.com>
  9. Lines: 11
  10.  
  11. In article <1992Aug12.225218.9547@catfish.az05.bull.com> pap@myths.az05.bull.com writes:
  12. >This kind of info is among what GetSystemMetrics supplies
  13. >(SM_CXSCREEN, SM_CYSCREEN + a couple other that tell
  14. >about number of colors and color planes...)
  15.  
  16. Actually, you'll want to look at GetDeviceCaps instead to get color info.
  17.  
  18. -Blake
  19. -- 
  20. #include <std/disclaimer.h>                       blakeco@microsoft.com
  21. Mail Flames, Post Apologies.                      ...!uunet!microsoft!blakeco
  22.