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GetDeviceCaps()
Return information about a device
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Syntax
GetDeviceCaps( <hDC>, <nCapability> ) --> nValue
Arguments
<hDC> is a handle to the device context.
<nCapability> is an integer specifying the information wanted.
Returns
The returned value is an integer specifying one of the
capabilities of the device.
Description
Each actual device has a number of capabilities, such as
resolution, width and height. The most useful (defined in
WINDOWS.CH) are:
nCapability meaning
HORZRES width (horizontal resolution), in pixels
VERTRES height (vertical resolution), in pixels
HORZSIZE width (horizontal resolution), in millimeters
VERTSIZE height (vertical resolution), in millimeters
Example
hDC = GetPrintDC()
nWidth = GetDeviceCaps( hDC, HORZRES )
? "Horiz. resolution in pixels", nWidth
See Also: CreateDC() GetPrintDC() DeleteDC()
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