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Function name : GetMonitorBrightness

Group: Monitor Configuration (Vista) - Library: dxva2

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Retrieves the minimum, maximum, and current brightness settings for a monitor.

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Code examples:

How to adjust monitor brightness (Vista, monitor with DDC support)

Declaration:

BOOL GetMonitorBrightness(
  HANDLE  hMonitor,
  LPDWORD  pdwMinimumBrightness,
  LPDWORD  pdwCurrentBrightness,
  LPDWORD  pdwMaximumBrightness
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetMonitorBrightness IN dxva2;
	INTEGER hMonitor,;
	LONG @pdwMinimumBrightness,;
	LONG @pdwCurrentBrightness,;
	LONG @pdwMaximumBrightness  

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Parameters:

hMonitor [in] Handle to a physical monitor. To get the monitor handle, call GetPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR or GetPhysicalMonitorsFromIDirect3DDevice9.

pdwMinimumBrightness [out] Receives the monitor"s minimum brightness.

pdwCurrentBrightness [out] Receives the monitor"s current brightness.

pdwMaximumBrightness [out] Receives the monitor"s maximum brightness.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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Comments:

If this function is supported, the GetMonitorCapabilities function returns the MC_CAPS_BRIGHTNESS flag.

See also: SetMonitorBrightness.

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