_DESKTOPWIDTH

The _DESKTOPWIDTH function returns the width of the users current desktop.

Syntax

x& = _DESKTOPWIDTH

Description

• No parameters are needed for this function.
• This returns the width of the user's desktop, not the size of any screen or window which might be open on that desktop.

Availability

• QB64 1.0 and up (QB64 Team)
• QBPE 0.5 and up (QB64 Phoenix Edition)

Examples

s& = _NEWIMAGE(800, 600, 256) SCREEN s& PRINT _DESKTOPWIDTH, _DESKTOPHEIGHT PRINT _WIDTH, _HEIGHT

Explanation: This will print the size of the user desktop (for example 1920, 1080 for a standard hdmi monitor), and then the size of the current screen (800, 600).

See also

• _HEIGHT, _DESKTOPHEIGHT
• _WIDTH, _SCREENIMAGE

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