Yes, there is a way, this is the way i do it

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// The Part following goes in the header
//screen mode type
typedef struct
{
int width ;
int height ;
int bpp ;
} SCREEN_MODE ;

//to get the current screen mode
SCREEN_MODE SCREEN_get_current_resolution();


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// The Part Following will go in the *.cpp file
SCREEN_MODE SCREEN_get_current_resolution()
{
SCREEN_MODE result;
DEVMODE devmode ;

result.width = 0 ;
result.height = 0 ;
result.bpp = 0 ;
ZeroMemory( &devmode, sizeof(DEVMODE));
devmode.dmSize = sizeof(DEVMODE);
if( EnumDisplaySettings(NULL, ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS , &devmode ) == TRUE )
{
result.width = devmode.dmPelsWidth ;
result.height = devmode.dmPelsHeight ;
result.bpp = devmode.dmBitsPerPel ;
}

return result ;
}


Hope this helps, The function return, Width height and Bits per Pixel/Colours.

Isn''t there a much simpler way to do this....some functoin like GetSystemMetrics or something....look it up on the msdn. Sorry I can''t provide any more info but I just can''t remember!

-blide
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