Windows API: Get font size resolution 2003-04-29 -- Jeff Berlinghoff Newsgroups: comp.lang.clarion
> Can anyone recomment the best call to use to determine the screen
resolution
> and font size use?
Can't say this is the *best* way, but it worked for me. I assume when you
say font size, you mean Large Fonts or not?
To determine if large fonts are in use, I used:
GetDeviceCaps(UNSIGNED, UNSIGNED),UNSIGNED,PASCAL
GetDC(UNSIGNED),UNSIGNED,PASCAL
ReleaseDC(UNSIGNED,UNSIGNED),UNSIGNED,PASCAL
Sample code:
sh=SYSTEM{Prop:Handle}
HDC=GetDC(sh)
fGDC=90
LargeFonts=CHOOSE(GetDeviceCaps(HDC,fGDC)=120,1,0)
sh=ReleaseDC(sh,HDC)
To determine the area you have to (re)draw your window in:
SystemParametersInfo(UShort,UShort,*?,UShort),UShort,Pascal,Raw,|
Name('SystemParametersInfoA')
WorkArea GROUP,PRE(WA)
X Signed
Y Signed
Width Signed
Height Signed
END
IF ~SystemParametersInfo(48,0,WorkArea,0)
RETURN
END
! now you can inspect the WorkArea coordinates
> I need to get this information for automatic window sizing.
I went down this path in Clarion4. Was fun, but never quite completed it.
Good luck.
Jeff Berlinghoff
P.S. You might also want to subclass your windows and watch for event
WM_DISPLAYCHANGE (0x007E) so that you can respond to the user changing
resolutions while your app is running.
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