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Re: David or Bernie

• Posted by Greg Phillips <i.shoot at REDNECKS.COM> Sep 29, 1999
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Terry wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:42:48 -0400, Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET> wrote:
>
> >Terry wrote:
> >
> >>When I use the following
> >>
> >>        phys_height = c_func(GetDeviceCaps, {win1_dc, VERTSIZE})
> >>        phy_width = c_func(GetDeviceCaps, {win1_dc, HORZSIZE})
> >
> >Terry
> >  The value maybe what your video driver is telling windows.
>
> >  Did you try to see what these return
> >        phys_height = c_func(GetDeviceCaps, {win1_dc, VERTRES})
> >        phy_width = c_func(GetDeviceCaps, {win1_dc, HORZRES})
>
> Yes, they correctly return the screen size in pixels.
>
> >>btw Bernie, your Win32API will provide a very useful reference tool, as
> >>David's Win32Lib already does.
> >
> >  My library is more than a reference, it also a complete self contained
> >
> >  enviorment that can be used to write windows programs that took 2500
> >
> >  hours of work to write :)
> >

2500 hours? that's 104 days, working non stop, 24 hours a day, or more than two
years, working on it 3 hours a day, every day.

I do hope you're exaggerating =)

Regards,
Greg Phillips

> >Bernie
>
> Oops, sorry if my comment sounded belittleing (how do you spell that?)
> it certainly wasn't meant to :(
>
> Thanks also to David C.
>
> David wrote:
> >"Of course, the Windows driver doesn't really know the exact size of the
> >display you have attached to your video adaptor. These dimensions are based
> >on standard display sizes for the adaptors."
>
> If it doesn't return the correct values what is it's use?
> With reference to your EzCreateFont function, how can the wrong value
> provide useful info?
>
> Soon to be back with another silly Q
>
> Terry

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