MONITORINFO

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The MONITORINFO structure contains information about a display monitor.

The GetMonitorInfo function stores information in a MONITORINFO structure or a MONITORINFOEX structure.

The MONITORINFO structure is a subset of the MONITORINFOEX structure. The MONITORINFOEX structure adds a string member to contain a name for the display monitor.

typedef struct tagMONITORINFO {  
    DWORD  cbSize; 
    RECT   rcMonitor; 
    RECT   rcWork; 
    DWORD  dwFlags; 
} MONITORINFO, *LPMONITORINFO; 
 

Members

cbSize

The size of the structure, in bytes.

Set the cbSize member to sizeof(MONITORINFO) before calling the GetMonitorInfofunction. Doing so lets the function determine the type of structure you are passing to it.

rcMonitor

A RECT structure that specifies the display monitor rectangle, expressed in virtual screen coordinates. Note that if the monitor is not the primary display monitor, some of the rectangle's coordinates may be negative values.

rcWork

A RECT structure that specifies the work area rectangle of the display monitor, expressed in virtual screen coordinates. Note that if the monitor is not the primary display monitor, some of the rectangle's coordinates may be negative values.

dwFlags

A set of flags that represent attributes of the display monitor.

The following flag is defined.

Value	Meaning
MONITORINFOF_PRIMARY	This is the primary display monitor.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 5.0 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 98.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winuser.h.

See Also

Multiple Display Monitors Overview, Multiple Display Monitors Structures, GetMonitorInfo, MONITORINFOEX