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Surface tablet logical resolution

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I am working on a project that requires me to get the resolution of the screen of the primary screen. I am using C# .NET 3.5 framework in Windows. For all laptops I am able to get the resolution using these two calls:
string width = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width.ToString(); string height = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height.ToString();
However, this does not work for Surface tablets or high resolution laptops that do auto scaling at all as the calls return a much lower resolution than what is being displayed in the display settings of the tablets. I understand that this has to do with Windows doing special thing related to DPI and scaling the screen accordingly.
However, I am not sure how to programatically retrieve the resolution of the Surface tablets accurately (what ever the display settings are reporting those metrics).
- Moved by Fred Bao Friday, January 16, 2015 7:59 AM WinForm Related
- Moved by Youjun Tang Friday, January 16, 2015 9:04 AM more related to suggestion forum
Thursday, January 15, 2015 10:30 PM
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Hello,
Since this issue is related with windows form, i move it to the windows form forum, there are windows form experts who would help you better.
Regards.
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Hello,
Since this issue is related with windows form, i move it to the windows form forum, there are windows form experts who would help you better.
Regards.
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There is nothing about windows forms in it, I think it is more Modern Apps.
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Why Fred,
There is nothing about windows forms in it, I think it is more Modern Apps.
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CorThanks Cor
Hi jayboss,
I'm moving your post to Surface Application forum for better supports. Thanks for your understanding.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=surfaceappdevelopment
Best regards,
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