I'm trying to script an installer with INNO and I am stuck at a point where I need to get the screen resolution of the machine in which the setup is running and use that value to create a shortcut in the desktop with that resolution as one of the arguments. I know how to create a shortcut, however I do not know how to extract the screen resolution and how to pass that information (probably stored in a custom variable) to use it in the desktop shortcut.
Thanks for your time :)
EDIT: I cannot change the application because I'm not authorized to do that. So please do not suggest to do that.
My solution to this was to use GetSystemMetrics()
, which can be found in user32.dll. This piece of code gives me exactly what I want and has been tested on Windows7 Professional (64-bit) with a dual-monitor setup.
[Code]
function GetSystemMetrics (nIndex: Integer): Integer;
external 'GetSystemMetrics@User32.dll stdcall setuponly';
Const
SM_CXSCREEN = 0; // The enum-value for getting the width of the cient area for a full-screen window on the primary display monitor, in pixels.
SM_CYSCREEN = 1; // The enum-value for getting the height of the client area for a full-screen window on the primary display monitor, in pixels.
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
hDC: Integer;
xres: Integer;
yres: Integer;
begin
xres := GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
yres := GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN); //vertical resolution
MsgBox( 'Current resolution is ' + IntToStr(xres) +
'x' + IntToStr(yres)
, mbInformation, MB_OK );
Result := true;
end;
EDIT: It seems the indices should've been SM_CXSCREEN and SM_CYSCREEN. Changed the code to reflect that.
You'll need some code to get the current resolution. Then you can add those values to the [Icon] entry to create the shortcut. Here's some code to get you started:
[Setup]
AppName=DisplayResoltution
AppVerName=DisplayResoltution
DefaultDirName=DisplayResoltution
DisableStartupPrompt=true
Uninstallable=false
[Files]
Source: "C:\util\innosetup\Examples\MyProg.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
; NOTE: Don't use "Flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files
[Icons]
Name: "{group}\My Program"; Filename: "{app}\MyProg.exe"; Parameters: {code:GetParams}
[Code]
// Functions to get BPP & resolution
function DeleteDC (hDC: Integer): Integer;
external 'DeleteDC@GDI32 stdcall';
function CreateDC (lpDriverName, lpDeviceName, lpOutput: String; lpInitData: Integer): Integer;
external 'CreateDCA@GDI32 stdcall';
function GetDeviceCaps (hDC, nIndex: Integer): Integer;
external 'GetDeviceCaps@GDI32 stdcall';
Const
HORZRES = 8; //horizontal resolution
VERTRES = 10; //vertical resolution
BITSPIXEL = 12; //bits per pixel
PLANES = 14; //number of planes (color depth=bits_per_pixel*number_of_planes)
var
xres, yres, bpp, pl, tmp: Integer;
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
var
hDC: Integer;
begin
//get resolution & BPP
hDC := CreateDC('DISPLAY', '', '', 0);
pl := GetDeviceCaps(hDC, PLANES);
bpp := GetDeviceCaps(hDC, BITSPIXEL);
xres := GetDeviceCaps(hDC, HORZRES); //horizontal resolution
yres := GetDeviceCaps(hDC, VERTRES); //vertical resolution
tmp := DeleteDC(hDC);
bpp := pl * bpp; //color depth
MsgBox( 'Current resolution is ' + IntToStr(xres) +
'x' + IntToStr(yres) +
' and color depth is ' + IntToStr( bpp )
, mbInformation, MB_OK );
Result := true;
end;
function GetParams(def: string): string;
var
sTemp : string;
begin
sTemp := 'xres=' + IntToStr(xres) + ' yres=' +IntToStr(yres);
result := sTemp;
end;
Code adapted from http://www.vincenzo.net/isxkb/index.php?title=Detect_current_display_resolution_and_color_depth