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GetMonitorFromPoint

LabWindows/CVI

GetMonitorFromPoint

int GetMonitorFromPoint (Point point, int *monitorID);

Purpose

Returns the ID of the monitor that is nearest to the specified point.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
point Point The specified point.

The Point structure is defined as follows:

typedef struct
{
int x;
int y;
} Point;


You can create a Point without declaring a variable by using the following function:

Point MakePoint (int x, int y);

Example

GetMonitorFromPoint (MakePoint (20, 30), &monitorID);

Output
Name Type Description
monitorID int The ID of the monitor that contains or is nearest to the specified point.

Return Value

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

Additional Information

Library: User Interface Library

Include file: userint.h

LabWindows/CVI compatibility: LabWindows/CVI 5.5 and later

Example

Refer to userint\multimonitor.cws for an example of using the GetMonitorFromPoint function.