: Thanks for the code but would you be able to lay out more clearly which bits go in the module, and which bits go in the form code.
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to change the screen res, call ChangeScreenRes and pass the desired resolution -
ChangeScreenRes 320, 240
ChangeScreenRes 640, 480
ChangeScreenRes 800, 600
put in a module-
Option Explicit
'SCREEN RESOLUTION - PUT IN MODULE
Private Const WM_DISPLAYCHANGE = &H7E
Private Const HWND_BROADCAST = &HFFFF&
Private Const EWX_LOGOFF = 0
Private Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1
Private Const EWX_REBOOT = 2
Private Const EWX_FORCE = 4
Private Const CCDEVICENAME = 32
Private Const CCFORMNAME = 32
Private Const DM_BITSPERPEL = &H40000
Private Const DM_PELSWIDTH = &H80000
Private Const DM_PELSHEIGHT = &H100000
Private Const CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY = &H1
Private Const CDS_TEST = &H4
Private Const DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL = 0
Private Const DISP_CHANGE_RESTART = 1
Private Const BITSPIXEL = 12
Private Type DEVMODE
dmDeviceName As String * CCDEVICENAME
dmSpecVersion As Integer
dmDriverVersion As Integer
dmSize As Integer
dmDriverExtra As Integer
dmFields As Long
dmOrientation As Integer
dmPaperSize As Integer
dmPaperLength As Integer
dmPaperWidth As Integer
dmScale As Integer
dmCopies As Integer
dmDefaultSource As Integer
dmPrintQuality As Integer
dmColor As Integer
dmDuplex As Integer
dmYResolution As Integer
dmTTOption As Integer
dmCollate As Integer
dmFormName As String * CCFORMNAME
dmUnusedPadding As Integer
dmBitsPerPel As Integer
dmPelsWidth As Long
dmPelsHeight As Long
dmDisplayFlags As Long
dmDisplayFrequency As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function EnumDisplaySettings Lib "user32" Alias "EnumDisplaySettingsA" (ByVal lpszDeviceName As Long, ByVal iModeNum As Long, lpDevMode As Any) As Boolean
Private Declare Function ChangeDisplaySettings Lib "user32" Alias "ChangeDisplaySettingsA" (lpDevMode As Any, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateDC Lib "gdi32" Alias "CreateDCA" (ByVal lpDriverName As String, ByVal lpDeviceName As String, ByVal lpOutput As String, ByVal lpInitData As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteDC Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Private nDC As Long
Private Bits As Long
Private OldX As Long, OldY As Long
Public Sub ChangeScreenRes(X As Long, Y As Long)
Dim DevM As DEVMODE, ScInfo As Long, erg As Long, an As VbMsgBoxResult
On Error GoTo Abort
'Get the info into DevM
erg = EnumDisplaySettings(0&, 0&, DevM)
'This is what we're going to change
DevM.dmFields = DM_PELSWIDTH Or DM_PELSHEIGHT Or DM_BITSPERPEL
DevM.dmPelsWidth = X 'ScreenWidth
DevM.dmPelsHeight = Y 'ScreenHeight
DevM.dmBitsPerPel = Bits '(can be 8, 16, 24, 32 or even 4)
'Now change the display and check if possible
erg = ChangeDisplaySettings(DevM, CDS_TEST)
Abort:
End Sub
Public Sub ScreenStartUp()
On Error GoTo Abort
OldX = Screen.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
OldY = Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
nDC = CreateDC("DISPLAY", vbNullString, vbNullString, ByVal 0&)
Bits = GetDeviceCaps(nDC, BITSPIXEL)
Abort:
End Sub
Public Sub ScreenCleanUp()
On Error GoTo Abort
'restore the screen resolution
ChangeScreenRes OldX, OldY
'delete our device context
DeleteDC nDC
Abort:
End Sub
