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.NET Forum / Languages / C# / March 2008How to get monitor size?
Hi Experts: Using C#, is there a way to get the display monitor's size in inches (for example, I'd like to know if the monitor size is 15", 17" or whatever)? Thanks in Advance Polaris > Using C#, is there a way to get the display monitor's size in inches > (for example, I'd like to know if the monitor size is 15", 17" or > whatever)? SystemInformation.PrimaryMonitorSize will give you the size in pixels (screen dots). If you really need it in inches, you can't do it in .NET, but I think you could use a Win32 API call to GetDeviceCaps. Eq. No guaranteed way to get inches, even what Paul has suggested, as it is not a required component of the interface between the monitor and Windows. You can, as Paul has stated, get resolution.  SignatureGregory A. Beamer MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA Subscribe to my blog http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com/lists/feed.rss or just read it: http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com/ ************************************************* | Think outside the box! ************************************************* > Hi Experts: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks in Advance > Polaris Once you have the monitor size in pixels (SystemInformation.PrimaryMonitorSize), you can get the dpi by creating a Graphics (g) and getting the Horizontal and Vertical pitch via g.DpiX, g.DpiY. Then you should be able to get the monitor size in inches via division of the PMS by the pitch. I haven't tried this, but it seems reasonable to me. > Hi Experts: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks in Advance > Polaris Thanks. I tried that also, but the DpiX/DpiY didi not change when I change the monitor resolution. Looks like they represent native resolutions only. > Once you have the monitor size in pixels > (SystemInformation.PrimaryMonitorSize), [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> Thanks in Advance >> Polaris
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