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How do I get the color depth of the screen?

October 13, 2010 Oct 13, 2010 10/13/10

Raymond Chen

How do I get the color depth of the screen? This question already makes an assumption that isn't always true, but we'll answer the question first, then discuss why the answer is wrong. If you have a device context for the screen, you can query the color depth with a simple arithmetic calculation: Now that you have the answer, I'll ...