Get the Maximum number of Colors Supported by the System

Category:

Screen/Graphics

Type:

Snippets

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Intelligent Solutions Inc.

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic 5

Instructions: Copy the declarations and code below and paste directly into your VB project.

Declarations:
Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" _ (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long Private Const BITSPIXEL = 12 Private Const PLANES = 14

Code: