GetMonitorAttribute

int GetMonitorAttribute (int monitorID, int monitorAttribute, void *attributeValue);

Purpose

Obtains the value of a particular monitor attribute.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
monitorID integer The ID of the monitor.
monitorAttribute integer The monitor attribute value to obtain.

In the function panel, when you click the control or press <Enter>, <Spacebar>, or <Ctrl-down arrow>, a dialog box appears containing a hierarchical list of the available attributes. Attributes whose values cannot be obtained are dimmed. Help text is shown for each attribute. To select an attribute, double-click it or select it and then press <Enter>.

If the attribute shown in this ring control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by moving to the Attribute Value control and pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants.
Output
Name Type Description
attributeValue void * The value of the specified monitor attribute.

If the attribute shown in this control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants.

Return Value

Name Type Description
status integer Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred.

Code Error Message String
xx Success