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DESCRIPTION 'DISPLAY : AspectXY, LogPixelsX, LogPixelsY : Description'
 
The DESCRIPTION statement in a display driver's module-definition file
identifies the driver DLL as a a display driver, specifies the aspect-ratio
values associated with the display device, and provides a description for
the driver.
 
Parameter    Description
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AspectXY     Specifies the aspect ratio for the display. This parameter must
             be set to the same value as the driver's dpAspectXY member in
             the GDIINFO structure.
 
LogPixelsX   Specifies the horizontal pixels-per-inch for the display. This
             parameter must be set to the same value as the driver's
             dpLogPixelsX member in the GDIINFO structure.
 
LogPixelsY   Specifies the vertical pixels-per-inch for the display. This
             parameter must be set to the same value as the driver's
             dpLogPixelsX member in the GDIINFO structure.
 
Description  Specifies the name the display models supported by this driver.
             Although more than one name can be given, the names must not be
             separated commas (,).
 
Comments
 
The DISPLAY keyword must be capitalized.
 
Example
 
The following example shows the DESCRIPTION statement for the VGA display
driver:
 
DESCRIPTION 'DISPLAY : 100,96,96 : VGA Color Display'
 
See Also
 
GDIINFO
 
 
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