Merlin’s Delphi Forge

There are two ways to determine the screen’s height and width.
1) Use the global Screen variable.

uses
Forms;
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Screen.Height { Screen height in pixels }
Screen.Width { Screen width in pixels }
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2) Use the Windows API GetSystemMetrics() function. This function can be useful in applications that don’t use the VCL like [...]

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In setup programs or sometimes in AboutBoxes you can find gradient forms.
It sure looks as if it were a lot of work but it’s really very easy. All you have to do is add this code to your program.
This example will create a gradient rectangle on the whole form Canvas. To change it’s size just [...]

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