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#DEFINE LOGPIXELSX 88
#DEFINE LOGPIXELSY  90
#DEFINE TwipsPerInch 1440
 
DO declare
 
LOCAL hWindow, hdc, pixResX, pixResY
hWindow = 0
hdc = GetDC(m.hWindow)  && entire screen
 
? "*** Pixels per inch:"
pixResX = GetDeviceCaps(hdc, LOGPIXELSX)
pixResY = GetDeviceCaps(hdc, LOGPIXELSY)
? "Horizontal:", pixResX
? "Vertical:  ", pixResY
 
?
? "*** Twips per inch:", TwipsPerInch
 
?
? "*** 100 pixels are equivalent to:"
? "Horizontal:", TwipsPerInch * 100/pixResX, "pixels"
? "Vertical:  ", TwipsPerInch * 100/pixResY, "pixels"
 
?
? "*** 1000 twips are equivalent to:"
? "Horizontal:", 1000 * pixResX/TwipsPerInch, "twips"
? "Vertical:  ", 1000 * pixResY/TwipsPerInch, "twips"
 
= ReleaseDC(m.hWindow, m.hdc)
 
PROCEDURE declare
    DECLARE INTEGER GetDC IN user32 INTEGER hWindow
 
    DECLARE INTEGER ReleaseDC IN user32;
        INTEGER hWindow, INTEGER hdc
 
    DECLARE INTEGER GetDeviceCaps IN gdi32;
        INTEGER hdc, INTEGER nIndex
 
 

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Created: 2001-10-09 21:40:08  
Modified: 2007-07-27 17:14:25  
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User Contributed Notes:
Willson | 2007-07-27 12:05:55
The line,

? "Vertical: ", 1000 * pixResX/TwipsPerInch, "twips"

I think should actually refer to pixRexY instead...
Willson | 2007-07-27 12:06:53
Er, make that "pixResY", too, not "pixRexY".
A.M. | 2007-07-27 17:10:56
Thanks for noticing! Fixed.

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