Hi George,
>It returns 1280*996 with one line taskbar and 1280*972 with 2 lines taskbar. As to my understanding it does report taskbar area subtracted. Well I take my word back about WinAPI :) This is valuable routine for me, thanks :)

Hi Cetin,

First, you're welcome

Yep, it does provided that the user (like me) doesn't have the Auto Hide option checked on the task bar properties. And it's time for another retraction< g >. I inadvertantly chose the wrong parameters for GetSystemMetrics() when I tested. So without further ado (and not ADO< g >), here's the right information.

#define SM_CXSCREEN             0 && Screen width in pixels
#define SM_CYSCREEN             1 && Screen height in pixels
#define SM_CXFULLSCREEN         16 && Client area width
#define SM_CYFULLSCREEN         17 && Client area height
DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemMetrics IN Win32API;
  INTEGER nIndex
* Example
? GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN)

There's no difference between SM_CXSCREEN and SM_CXFULLSCREEN in the main VFP window. The differences between SM_CYSCREEN and SM_CYFULLSCREEN are these:

SM_CYSCREEN is the full height of the screen in pixels.

SM_CYFULLSCREEN is height of the screen not including the task bar (if showing) nor the VFP status bar.

Hope that clears this up.