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Function name : SetMonitorBrightness

Group: Monitor Configuration (Vista) - Library: dxva2

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Sets a monitor"s brightness value.

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Code examples:

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

Declaration:

BOOL SetMonitorBrightness(
  HANDLE  hMonitor,
  DWORD  dwNewBrightness
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER SetMonitorBrightness IN dxva2;
	INTEGER hMonitor,;
	LONG dwNewBrightness  

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Parameters:

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

dwNewBrightness [in] Brightness value. To get the monitor"s minimum and maximum brightness values, call GetMonitorBrightness.

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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: GetMonitorBrightness.

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