MonitorFromPoint (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This function retrieves a handle to the screen that contains a specified point.

Syntax

HMONITOR MonitorFromPoint(
  POINT pt,
  DWORD dwFlags
);

Parameters

• pt
  [in] POINT structure that specifies the coordinates of the point of interest in virtual screen coordinates.

• dwFlags
  [in] DWORD that determines the return value of the function when none of the screens contain the point. The following table shows a list of possible return values.

  Value	Description
  MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST	The return value is a handle to the screen that is nearest to the point.
  MONITOR_DEFAULTTONULL	The return value is NULL.
  MONITOR_DEFAULTTOPRIMARY	The return value is a handle to the primary screen.

Return Value

If one of the screens contains the point, the return value is an HMONITOR handle to that screen. If none of the screens contains the point, the return value depends on the value of dwFlags.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Multiple Screens Functions
MonitorFromRect
MonitorFromWindow

Other Resources

POINT