Question

How to get screen resolution in windows C

Answer 1

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>

bool GetScreenResolution(int* pwidth, int* pheigth) {
    const HWND desktopWindow = GetDesktopWindow();

    RECT desktopRectangle;
    
    if (desktopWindow && GetWindowRect(desktopWindow, &desktopRectangle)) {
        *pwidth = desktopRectangle.right;
        *pheigth = desktopRectangle.bottom;

        return true;
    }

    return false;
}

int main(void)
{
    unsigned int width = 0, heigth = 0;

    if (GetScreenResolution(&width, &heigth)) {
        printf("%d x %d pixels\n", width, heigth);
    }

    return 0;
}




/*
run:

2560 x 1440 pixels

*/

 

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