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Form Screen Size in Pixels

Form Screen Size in Pixels

' This is code that I used in VBA, but it should
' just as easily be used in VB. You will need to
' modify the resize code of the form to resize the
' controls to match.

' 
' Use the GetDeviceCaps API call to
' determine the size of the screen in pixels
' and the conversion factor of Pixels per
' inch. Find the total width & height of the
' screen in Points by multiplying the number
' of Points per Inch (1/72) to the total
' number of inches (Pixels/Pixels per Inch).
' 

'Sample:
' (Code is inserted on a module), and Userform1
' is assumed to exist)

Option Explicit

Private Const LOGPIXELSX = 88 ' Logical pixels/inch in X
Private Const LOGPIXELSY = 90 ' Logical pixels/inch in Y
Private Const HORZRES = 8 ' Horizontal width in pixels
Private Const VERTRES = 10 ' Vertical width in pixels
Private Const TWIPSPERINCH = 1440

Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" ( _
                            ByVal hDc As Long, _
                            ByVal nIndex As Long _
                        ) As Long

Private Declare Function ReleaseDC Lib "user32" ( _
                            ByVal hwnd As Long, _
                            ByVal hDc As Long _
                        ) As Long

Private Declare Function GetDC Lib "user32" ( _
                            ByVal hwnd As Long _
                        ) As Long

Public Sub usbGetFormSize( _
                ByRef x As Variant, _
                ByRef y As Variant _
            )

    Dim hDc As Long, lngRetVal As Long
    Dim varScreenX As Variant, varScreenY As Variant
    Dim varPixToInchX As Variant, varPixToInchY As Variant

    hDc = GetDC(0)

    'Get the Screen size in pixels for X & Y
    varScreenX = GetDeviceCaps(hDc, HORZRES)
    varScreenY = GetDeviceCaps(hDc, VERTRES)

    'Get the conversion of pixels/inch for X & Y
    varPixToInchX = GetDeviceCaps(hDc, LOGPIXELSX)
    varPixToInchY = GetDeviceCaps(hDc, LOGPIXELSY)

    lngRetVal = ReleaseDC(0, hDc)

    'Convert to Points.
    x = (varScreenX / varPixToInchX) * 72
    y = (varScreenY / varPixToInchY) * 72

End Sub

' 
' This is the code for actually displaying
' the form.
' 
Public Sub usbShowForm()
    Dim x As Variant, y As Variant

    usbGetFormSize x, y

    Load UserForm1
    With UserForm1
        .Top = 0
        .Left = 0
        .Width = x
        .Height = y
    End With
    UserForm1.Show
End Sub