>>Regarding the code to determine the number of colors available, is that available in the files? I would be interested in obtaining this information also. Thank you.
>>Marcus.
>>
>>>I just copied the great code by George Tasker which determines the number of colors
>>>available. Along those same lines... is there any way to tell which resolution setting
>>>is in effect (640 x 480, 1024 x 768, ...)?
>>>
>>>thanks in advance
>
>I copied this to a txt file when it was posted. Enjoy.
>- Chris Holtz
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>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetDC IN Win32API;
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>INTEGER hWnd
>DECLARE INTEGER GetDeviceCaps IN Win32API;
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>INTEGER hDC, INTEGER nIndex
>DECLARE INTEGER ReleaseDC IN Win32API;
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>INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER hDC
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>* Next, get a valid (greater than zero) device context
>lnhDC = GetDC(0)
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>* Get the number of planes
>lnplanes = GetDeviceCaps(lnhDC, 14)
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>*Get the bits per pixel
>lnpixels = GetDeviceCaps(lnhDC, 12)
>
>*Calculate the number of colors
>lnnumclrs = 2 ^ (lnplanes * lnpixels)
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>*Finally, release the device context
there is a nice class in the samples called registry which allows you to read/write values from the system registry
>= ReleaseDC(0, lnhDC)