Script function

world.GetDeviceCaps

Type

Method

Summary

Gets screen device capabilities

Prototype

long GetDeviceCaps(long Index);

Description

This asks Windows for the capability of your output screen. The index specifies which attribute you are interested in, and it returns a number corresponding to that. Some useful indices are as follows:

0 : Device driver version
2 : Device classification
4 : Horizontal size in millimeters
6 : Vertical size in millimeters
8 : Horizontal width in pixels
10 : Vertical height in pixels
12 : Number of bits per pixel
14 : Number of planes
16 : Number of brushes the device has
18 : Number of pens the device has
20 : Number of markers the device has
22 : Number of fonts the device has
24 : Number of colors the device supports
26 : Size required for device descriptor
28 : Curve capabilities
30 : Line capabilities
32 : Polygonal capabilities
34 : Text capabilities
36 : Clipping capabilities
38 : Bitblt capabilities
40 : Length of the X leg
42 : Length of the Y leg
44 : Length of the hypotenuse
45 : Shading and blending caps
88 : Logical pixels/inch in X
90 : Logical pixels/inch in Y
104 : Number of entries in physical palette
106 : Number of reserved entries in palette
108 : Actual color resolution
116 : Current vertical refresh rate of the display device (for displays only) in Hz
117 : Horizontal width of entire desktop in pixels
118 : Vertical height of entire desktop in pixels
119 : Preferred blt alignment


For more information, see:

http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/mw_other.htm

Available in MUSHclient version 4.34 onwards.

Lua example

print (GetDeviceCaps (8))  --> 1920  (horizontal width)

Return value

The value corresponding to the requested index.

See Also ...

Topic

MiniWindows

Functions

(GetSysColor) Gets the colour of various windows items
(GetSystemMetrics) Returns selected system information from Windows
(SetCursor) Changes the shape of the mouse cursor
(TextRectangle) Specifies the size of the rectangle in which text is displayed in the output window.
(WindowAddHotspot) Adds a hotspot to a miniwindow
(WindowArc) Draws an arc in a miniwindow
(WindowBezier) Draws a Bézier curve in a miniwindow
(WindowBlendImage) Blends an image into a miniwindow, using a specified blending mode
(WindowCircleOp) Draws ellipses, filled rectangles, round rectangles, chords, pies in a miniwindow
(WindowCreate) Creates a miniwindow
(WindowCreateImage) Creates an image in a miniwindow
(WindowDelete) Deletes a miniwindow
(WindowDeleteAllHotspots) Deletes all hotspots from a miniwindow
(WindowDeleteHotspot) Deletes a hotspot from a miniwindow
(WindowDragHandler) Adds a drag handler to a miniwindow hotspot
(WindowDrawImage) Draws an image into a miniwindow
(WindowDrawImageAlpha) Draws an image into a miniwindow respecting the alpha channel
(WindowFilter) Performs a filtering operation over part of the miniwindow.
(WindowFont) Loads a font into a miniwindow
(WindowFontInfo) Returns information about a font
(WindowFontList) Lists all fonts loaded into a miniwindow
(WindowGetImageAlpha) Draws the alpha channel of an image into a miniwindow
(WindowGetPixel) Gets the colour of a single pixel in a miniwindow
(WindowGradient) Draws a gradient in a rectangle
(WindowHotspotInfo) Returns information about a hotspot
(WindowHotspotList) Lists all hotspots installed into a miniwindow
(WindowHotspotTooltip) Changes the tooltip text for a hotspot in a miniwindow
(WindowImageFromWindow) Creates an image from another miniwindow
(WindowImageInfo) Returns information about an image
(WindowImageList) Lists all images installed into a miniwindow
(WindowImageOp) Draws an ellipse, rectangle or round rectangle, filled with an image
(WindowInfo) Returns information about a miniwindow
(WindowLine) Draws a line in a miniwindow
(WindowList) Lists all miniwindows
(WindowLoadImage) Loads an image into a miniwindow from a disk file
(WindowMenu) Creates a pop-up menu inside a miniwindow
(WindowMergeImageAlpha) Merges an image into a miniwindow based on an alpha mask
(WindowMoveHotspot) Moves a hotspot in a miniwindow
(WindowPolygon) Draws a polygon in a miniwindow
(WindowPosition) Moves a miniwindow
(WindowRectOp) Draws a rectangle in a miniwindow
(WindowResize) Resizes a miniwindow
(WindowScrollwheelHandler) Adds a scroll-wheel handler to a miniwindow hotspot
(WindowSetPixel) Sets a single pixel in a miniwindow to the specified colour
(WindowSetZOrder) Sets the Z-Order for a miniwindow
(WindowShow) Shows or hides a miniwindow
(WindowText) Draws text into a miniwindow
(WindowTextWidth) Calculates the width of text in a miniwindow
(WindowTransformImage) Draws an image into a miniwindow with optional rotation, scaling, reflection and shearing
(WindowWrite) Writes the contents of a miniwindow to disk as a graphics file

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