Determine the screen size

With the macro below you can return the screen size with the function GetSystemMetrics32.

Declare Function GetSystemMetrics32 Lib "User32" _
    Alias "GetSystemMetrics" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

Sub DisplayMonitorInfo()
Dim w As Long, h As Long
    w = GetSystemMetrics32(0) ' width in points
    h = GetSystemMetrics32(1) ' height in points
    MsgBox Format(w, "#,##0") & " x " & Format(h, "#,##0"), _
    vbInformation, "Monitor Size (width x height)"
End Sub

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