Monitor SaveCurrentSettings Function 

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SaveCurrentSettings Function

Saves the current monitor settings to the display's nonvolatile storage.

Syntax

  BOOL SaveCurrentSettings(
  HANDLE
    hMonitor

  );

Parameters

hMonitor

[in]  Handle to a physical monitor. To get the monitor handle, call GetPhysicalMonitorsFromHMONITOR or GetPhysicalMonitorsFromIDirect3DDevice9.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, the return value is TRUE. If the function fails, the return value is FALSE. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

This function corresponds to the "Save Current Settings" function from the Display Data Channel Command Interface (DDC/CI) standard.

This function takes about 200 milliseconds to return.

This low-level function is identical to the high-level function, SaveCurrentMonitorSettings.

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows Vista.

Header: Include LowLevelMonitorConfigurationAPI.h.

Library: Use dxva2.lib.

See Also

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