Re: x-display-pixel-width/height inconsistency

[grischka]

YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:58:38 +0100, grischka <address@hidden> said:
>
> > The DC has nothing to do with monitors because monitors are just
> > different coordinates on the same (virtual) screen. (Obviously since
> > you can drag the window between monitors, even such that it's
> > partially on two monitors at the same time.)
>
> It is the size of whole "(virtual) screen" that we want to know here,
> rather than the size of a particular monitor.  

Then use
        w = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXVIRTUALSCREEN);
        h = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYVIRTUALSCREEN);

--- gr

> I tried to use CreateDC
> because the reference says:
>
>   If there are multiple monitors on the system, calling
>   CreateDC(TEXT("DISPLAY"),NULL,NULL,NULL) will create a DC covering
>   all the monitors.
>   http://msdn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/library/dd183490.aspx
>
>                                      YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
>                                 address@hidden