by Michael Schriever (2 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(4 Votes)
This little app enumerates your available display settings and shows the
current display setting of your monitor. That means the xy-resolution,
the colourdepth and the frequency. It also lets you change the current
display setting and is able to call the controlpanel-dialog for
display settings. Please make sure that your monitor suports the
settings to be changed. The app ist developed in VB6 and tested
under W2KSP2. The app is not commented, but I think it is selfexplained.
Be aware of the fact, that changing the resolution could course a
disarrangement of your desktop icons. Choosing a to small xy-resolution
could course, that the Change-Display-Settings-Button is not visible
and you can't restore the orignal resulotion. That's why I placed
this button on top of the form. If you can't get your current resolution
back, start windows in secure-mode (or 'saved mode' I do not know
the English expression, in German 'Abgesicherter Modus') and restore
your display settings.
Download DisplaySettings (3 KB)
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