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Added: Apr 29, 2002
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Written By: Clint LaFever
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Class to change the screens resolution and color depth

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<!---Declaration--->
'------------------------------------------------------------ 
' Author: Clint LaFever [lafeverc@usa.net]
' Purpose: CDISPLAY is used to change the systems display settings. ' Parameters: ' Example:
'------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit

Private Declare Function lstrcpy _ Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcpyA" _ (lpString1 As Any, lpString2 As Any) _ As Long Const CCHDEVICENAME = 32 Const CCHFORMNAME = 32
Private Type DEVMODE
dmDeviceName As String * CCHDEVICENAME
dmSpecVersion As Integer
dmDriverVersion As Integer
dmSize As Integer
dmDriverExtra As Integer
dmFields As Long
dmOrientation As Integer
dmPaperSize As Integer
dmPaperLength As Integer
dmPaperWidth As Integer
dmScale As Integer
dmCopies As Integer
dmDefaultSource As Integer
dmPrintQuality As Integer
dmColor As Integer
dmDuplex As Integer
dmYResolution As Integer
dmTTOption As Integer
dmCollate As Integer
dmFormName As String * CCHFORMNAME
dmUnusedPadding As Integer
dmBitsPerPel As Integer
dmPelsWidth As Long
dmPelsHeight As Long
dmDisplayFlags As Long
dmDisplayFrequency As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function ChangeDisplaySettings Lib "User32" Alias "ChangeDisplaySettingsA" ( ByVal lpDevMode As Long, ByVal dwflags As Long) As Long

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' Here is the function that sets the display
' mode. Width is the width of screen, Height
' is the height of screen, Color is the number
' of bits per pixel. Set the Color value to -1
' if you only want to change the screen
' resolution.
Public Function SetDisplayMode(Width As _
Integer, Height As Integer, Color As _
Integer) As Long Const DM_PELSWIDTH = &H80000 Const DM_PELSHEIGHT = &H100000 Const DM_BITSPERPEL = &H40000
Dim NewDevMode As DEVMODE
Dim pDevmode As Long
With NewDevMode
.dmSize = 122
If Color = -1 Then
.dmFields = DM_PELSWIDTH Or DM_PELSHEIGHT
Else
.dmFields = DM_PELSWIDTH Or _
DM_PELSHEIGHT Or DM_BITSPERPEL
End If
.dmPelsWidth = Width
.dmPelsHeight = Height
If Color <> -1 Then
.dmBitsPerPel = Color
End If
End With
pDevmode = lstrcpy(NewDevMode, NewDevMode)
SetDisplayMode = ChangeDisplaySettings(pDevmode, 0)
End Function

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