Monitor Configuration

Overview of the Monitor Configuration technology.

To develop Monitor Configuration, you need these headers:

• highlevelmonitorconfigurationapi.h
• lowlevelmonitorconfigurationapi.h
• physicalmonitorenumerationapi.h

For programming guidance for this technology, see:

• Monitor Configuration

Enumerations

MC_COLOR_TEMPERATURE Describes a monitor's color temperature.
MC_DISPLAY_TECHNOLOGY_TYPE Identifies monitor display technologies.
MC_DRIVE_TYPE Specifies whether to set or get a monitor's red, green, or blue drive.
MC_GAIN_TYPE Specifies whether to get or set a monitor's red, green, or blue gain.
MC_POSITION_TYPE Specifies whether to get or set the vertical or horizontal position of a monitor's display area.
MC_SIZE_TYPE Specifies whether to get or set the width or height of a monitor's display area.
MC_VCP_CODE_TYPE Describes a Virtual Control Panel (VCP) code type.

Functions

CapabilitiesRequestAndCapabilitiesReply Retrieves a string describing a monitor's capabilities.
DegaussMonitor Degausses a monitor.
DestroyPhysicalMonitor Closes a handle to a physical monitor.
DestroyPhysicalMonitors Closes an array of physical monitor handles.
GetCapabilitiesStringLength Retrieves the length of a monitor's capabilities string.
GetMonitorBrightness Retrieves a monitor's minimum, maximum, and current brightness settings.
GetMonitorCapabilities Retrieves the configuration capabilities of a monitor. Call this function to find out which high-level monitor configuration functions are supported by the monitor.
GetMonitorColorTemperature Retrieves a monitor's current color temperature.
GetMonitorContrast Retrieves a monitor's minimum, maximum, and current contrast settings.
GetMonitorDisplayAreaPosition Retrieves a monitor's minimum, maximum, and current horizontal or vertical position.
GetMonitorDisplayAreaSize Retrieves a monitor's minimum, maximum, and current width or height.
GetMonitorRedGreenOrBlueDrive Retrieves a monitor's red, green, or blue drive value.
GetMonitorRedGreenOrBlueGain Retrieves a monitor's red, green, or blue gain value.
GetMonitorTechnologyType Retrieves the type of technology used by a monitor.
GetNumberOfPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR Retrieves the number of physical monitors associated with an HMONITOR monitor handle.
GetNumberOfPhysicalMonitorsFromIDirect3DDevice9 Retrieves the number of physical monitors associated with a Direct3D device.
GetPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR Retrieves the physical monitors associated with an HMONITOR monitor handle.
GetPhysicalMonitorsFromIDirect3DDevice9 Retrieves the physical monitors associated with a Direct3D device.
GetTimingReport Retrieves a monitor's horizontal and vertical synchronization frequencies.
GetVCPFeatureAndVCPFeatureReply Retrieves the current value, maximum value, and code type of a Virtual Control Panel (VCP) code for a monitor.
RestoreMonitorFactoryColorDefaults Restores a monitor's color settings to their factory defaults.
RestoreMonitorFactoryDefaults Restores a monitor's settings to their factory defaults.
SaveCurrentMonitorSettings Saves the current monitor settings to the display's nonvolatile storage. (SaveCurrentMonitorSettings)
SaveCurrentSettings Saves the current monitor settings to the display's nonvolatile storage. (SaveCurrentSettings)
SetMonitorBrightness Sets a monitor's brightness value.
SetMonitorColorTemperature Sets a monitor's color temperature.
SetMonitorContrast Sets a monitor's contrast value.
SetMonitorDisplayAreaPosition Sets the horizontal or vertical position of a monitor's display area.
SetMonitorDisplayAreaSize Sets the width or height of a monitor's display area.
SetMonitorRedGreenOrBlueDrive Sets a monitor's red, green, or blue drive value.
SetMonitorRedGreenOrBlueGain Sets a monitor's red, green, or blue gain value.
SetVCPFeature Sets the value of a Virtual Control Panel (VCP) code for a monitor.

Structures

MC_TIMING_REPORT Contains information from a monitor's timing report.
PHYSICAL_MONITOR Contains a handle and text description corresponding to a physical monitor.