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Retrieve screen width height

Gary James

3 years ago

I'm at a loss to find a way to retrieve the users Access screen width and height in the same units as an access form.

I believe forms have their dimensions in Twips. What I'm looking for is getting the SCREEN height and width in the same units used to measure a form. I understand that different monitor sizes will result in different screen dimension measurements; but that's Ok. I just need a consistent screen dimension measurement from the users monitor.

	Kevin Robertson @Reply 3 years ago
Is this what you are looking for (see screenshot)?

	Kevin Robertson @Reply 3 years ago

	Gary James OP @Reply 3 years ago
Yes, I think. Where did you get the multiplier values to convert pixels to twips? This is the first time I've seen these, and I spent a half day looking.

Scott Axton @Reply

3 years ago

Gary where did you look?  I typed "what is a twip" into google and got an answer right away.

https://www.definitions.net/definition/twip

Wiktionary
    twip - noun

    A unit of measure equal to one twentieth of a point.

    Etymology: Abbreviation of twentieth of a point (referring to a printer's point).

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Conversion tool:
https://www.unitconverters.net/typography/twip-to-pixel-x.htm

	Gary James OP @Reply 3 years ago
Scott, now I'm confused. You say the definition of a Twip is 1/20th of a point, but Kevin's example code uses a multiplier of 15? Which is it? I guess my search criteria was too specific. I tried variations on 'MS Access retrieve display screen width and height in twips'

	Kevin Robertson @Reply 3 years ago
GetSystemMetric returns the value in Pixels not Points which is why I multiplied by 15. Note that this multiplier will vary depending on screen resolution.

	Gary James OP @Reply 3 years ago
Ok, now we're getting to the meat of my question. Instead of a constant, what I'm looking for is a formula to retrieve the screen width and height in twips, independent of display width in inches, and resolution; because these factors all interact with each other.

	Scott Axton @Reply 3 years ago
Here is what Microsoft says: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/access.form.insidewidth

	Gary James OP @Reply 3 years ago
Scott, I'm not looking for the dimensions of a Form. I'm looking to find the dimensions of the entire display screen.

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