Method

Screen Method

Warning

This item was deprecated in version 2019r2. Please use DesktopDisplay.DisplayAt as a replacement.

Description

Used to access the properties of a Screen object. Returns a reference to the screen passed.

Usage

Screen(index).property

Part	Type	Description
index	Integer	The number of the screen whose property you wish to read. The main screen is screen zero.
property	Any screen object property name	The property you wish to read. See the description of the Screen class.

Notes

You can use the Screen function to access the screen properties for the monitors attached to the user's computer. Screen 0 is the main screen. You can use the ScreenCount function to determine how many screens exist.

Sample code

This example displays the size of the user's main screen.

MsgBox("Your main screen is " + Str(Screen(0).Width) + _
  " by " + Str(Screen(0).Height) + ".")

Compatibility

All project types on all supported operating systems.