Getting Screen Resolution

Date Added January 1, 1970 | Print | Bookmark

'Getting Screen Resolution

'Code By Kiran Reddy
'Getting Screen Resolution
'You can get screen resolution in two ways
'One is using GetSystemMetrics another is using TwipsPerPixel
'Declaration
Private Declare Function GetSystemMetrics Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Const SM_CXSCREEN = 0
Private Const SM_CYSCREEN = 1

Private Sub Form_Load()

'getting screen resolution with GetSystemMetrics
MsgBox "Current Screen Resolution is " & GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN) & " x " & GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN)
' Or you can use below

'best way is using Screen.TwipsPerPixel
MsgBox "Current Screen Resolution is " & Screen.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX & " x " & Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY

End Sub

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