Quick Question: Finding the size of the screen

[Gluttard]

Hey guys, I need to find what line of code gives the user the size of the monitor, I thought that it would be:

Clientsize.Width
Clientsize.Height

But alas, that is only for the program.

Also, how could I find this information myself?

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

In MSDN, Look up the word 'Screen'

As in Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea...

 

[jmcilhinney]

The Bounds property of the Screen will give you the resolution of the monitor. WorkingArea will give you the area available to you, so it will account for the Windows Taskbar and the like.

 

[Gluttard]

Ehh, alright so I had found that out on my own, which is good news, but there's one problem.

I want to be able to find the Width of the screen and the Heigher, so I can compare that to an X and Y value, how could I do that?

 

[jmcilhinney]

Come on. You've already got the Bounds property value and/or the WorkingArea property value. What type of object are they? What properties does that type have?

 

[Gluttard]

Well if I put this in:

        If Cursor.Position.X > Bounds.Width Then
            MsgBox("Utmost Right Reached")
        End If

Well in my program it won't have that messagebox, but this is a new form where I'm testing this code.

But the messagebox pops up when my cursor is very far from the edge of my screen.

 

[jmcilhinney]

If you're using that code as is then you're using the Bounds of your form, not the screen. If you want the bounds of the screen then you have to use Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds. You can't just use Bounds and it magically know that you mean the screen bounds.

 

[Gluttard]

Oh it's not magic? That's disappointing.
Thanks for the help though

 

[Errods]

Try using Screen.X for the X-Axis similarly Screen.y for the Y-Axis