Function name: MonitorFromWindow

Defined in : User32

Requirements : Windows 2000 or later; Windows 98 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function MonitorFromWindow Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long

Parameters:

* hwnd [in] Handle to the window of interest. * dwFlags [in] Determines the function's return value if the window does not intersect any display monitor. This parameter can be one of the following values. MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST Returns a handle to the display monitor that is nearest to the window. MONITOR_DEFAULTTONULL Returns NULL. MONITOR_DEFAULTTOPRIMARY Returns a handle to the primary display monitor.

Returns:

If the window intersects one or more display monitor rectangles, the return value is an HMONITOR handle to the display monitor that has the largest area of intersection with the window. If the window does not intersect a display monitor, the return value depends on the value of dwFlags.

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