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Description of MUSHclient world function: world.GetSystemMetrics
Name
GetSystemMetrics
Type
Method
Summary
Returns selected system information from Windows
Prototype
long GetSystemMetrics(long Index);
Description
The GetSystemMetrics function retrieves various system metrics (widths and heights of display elements) and system configuration settings. All dimensions retrieved by GetSystemMetrics are in pixels.
The information returned depends on the selector (Index), as follows:
CX screen = 0
CY screen = 1
CX vscroll = 2
CY hscroll = 3
CY caption = 4
CX border = 5
CY border = 6
CX dialog frame = 7
CY dialog frame = 8
CY v thumb = 9
CX h thumb = 10
CX icon = 11
CY icon = 12
CX cursor = 13
CY cursor = 14
CY menu = 15
CX full screen = 16
CY full screen = 17
CY kanji window = 18
Mouse present = 19
CY vscroll = 20
CX hscroll = 21
Debug = 22
Swap button = 23
Reserved1 = 24
Reserved2 = 25
Reserved3 = 26
Reserved4 = 27
CX min = 28
CY min = 29
CX size = 30
CY size = 31
CX frame = 32
CY frame = 33
CX min track = 34
CY min track = 35
CX double click = 36
CY double click = 37
CX icon spacing = 38
CY icon spacing = 39
Menu drop alignment = 40
Pen windows = 41
DBCS enabled = 42
Cmouse buttons = 43
Secure = 44
CX edge = 45
CY edge = 46
CX minspacing = 47
CY minspacing = 48
CX smicon = 49
CY smicon = 50
CY smcaption = 51
CX smsize = 52
CY smsize = 53
CX menusize = 54
CY menusize = 55
Arrange = 56
CX minimized = 57
CY minimized = 58
CX maxtrack = 59
CY maxtrack = 60
CX maximized = 61
CY maximized = 62
Network = 63
Clean boot = 67
CX drag = 68
CY drag = 69
Show sounds = 70
CX menucheck = 71
CY menucheck = 72
Slow machine = 73
Mid-east enabled = 74
Mouse wheel present = 75
X virtual screen = 76
Y virtual screen = 77
CX virtual screen = 78
CY virtual screen = 79
C monitors = 80
Same display format = 81
Note : Available in version 3.56 onwards.
VBscript example
Note GetSystemMetrics (0) ' --> 1024
Note GetSystemMetrics (1) ' --> 768
Jscript example
Note (GetSystemMetrics (0)) // --> 1024
Note (GetSystemMetrics (1)) // --> 768
Lua example
Note (GetSystemMetrics (0)) --> 1024
Note (GetSystemMetrics (1)) --> 768
Returns
A number corresponding to the selected metric.
If the number is out of range, zero is returned.
Introduced in version
3.56
See also ...
Function
Description
GetSysColor
Gets the colour of various windows items
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