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Screen.GetWorkingArea Method (Rectangle)

.NET Framework 3.5

Retrieves the working area for the display that contains the largest portion of the specified rectangle. The working area is the desktop area of the display, excluding taskbars, docked windows, and docked tool bars.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

C++

JScript

public static Rectangle GetWorkingArea(
	Rectangle rect
)

Parameters

rect: Type: System.Drawing.Rectangle
The Rectangle that specifies the area for which to retrieve the working area.

Return Value

Type: System.Drawing.Rectangle
A Rectangle that specifies the working area. In multiple display environments where no display contains the specified rectangle, the display closest to the rectangle is returned.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Screen Class

Screen Members

GetWorkingArea Overload

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

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