_DESKTOPHEIGHT - mkilgore/QB64pe GitHub Wiki

The _DESKTOPHEIGHT function returns the height of the users current desktop.

y& = _DESKTOPHEIGHT

• No parameters are needed for this function.
• This returns the height of the user's desktop, not the size of any screen or window which might be open on that desktop.

• QB64 1.0 and up (QB64 Team)
• QBPE 0.5 and up (QB64 Phoenix Edition)

 s& = _NEWIMAGE(800, 600, 256)
 SCREEN s&
 PRINT _DESKTOPWIDTH, _DESKTOPHEIGHT
 PRINT _WIDTH, _HEIGHT

Explanation: This will print the size of the user desktop (for example 1920, 1080 for a standard hdmi monitor), and then the size of the current screen (800, 600).

• _HEIGHT, _DESKTOPWIDTH
• _WIDTH, _SCREENIMAGE