Comments on: Retrieving Display Settings

By: Tushar Mehta

Tushar Mehta — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:56:00 +0000

For a list of mnemonics and fuller (exhaustive?) list of the capabilities of GetDeviceCaps, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/devcons_88s3.asp

By: Tushar Mehta

Tushar Mehta — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:47:00 +0000

Hi Vasant: As far as calling ReleaseDC goes, see the comment towards the bottom of
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/devcons_4esj.asp

By: Jim T.

Jim T. — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:58:00 +0000

Being a man I think I only have about 8 or 10. Red, yellow, blue, brown… Other than that I have light dark and ish. My wife on the other hand has taupe and turquoise and… and at least about 10 million others. Judging by the paint samples she collected last time we were about to paint there are at least 10 million…

By: doco

doco — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:43:00 +0000

OK. My point is still valid

By: Rob van Gelder

Rob van Gelder — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:51:00 +0000

doco: I read somewhere the human eye can distinguish around 10 million colours.

By: doco

doco — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:52:00 +0000

4.3 billion colors? WOW! I read somewhere the human eye can only see about 30,000…