Flip with CARE

[vbPoet]

I want to flip my screen to 180 degree..
not by taking its picture and then fliping it or by using Stretchblt,bitblt or something like that ....

instead i want to control this through other means like Vga driver or something like that so that i will not feel degradation of performance

thx in Advance

[Jacob Roman]

Here ya go:

Private Declare Function InvertRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hdc As Long, lpRect As Rect) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetClientRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpRect As Rect) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Type Rect
    Left As Long
    Top As Long
    Right As Long
    Bottom As Long
End Type
Private rct As Rect
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    GetClientRect GetDesktopWindow, rct
    InvertRect GetWindowDC(GetDesktopWindow), rct
End Sub

[vbPoet]

Jacob

though its cool...


But read my thread with care ....
I want something else....

I want that Start button should be displayed at upper right corner and it should be inverted.... (** 180 degree.. **)


Probably i need to mess with VGA driver or something else..

[Jacob Roman]

Don't think that's possible. But I could be wrong.

[Xiarcel]

You mean as if the monitor were upside down? Why?

[dglienna]

Some compaq video cards had a feature built in, and there are also monitors that can be inverted, but that would probably be the only way to do it.

[Xiarcel]

there are also monitors that can be inverted, but that would probably be the only way to do it.

What about headstands ?

Some compaq video cards had a feature built in

I think most of them support this feature. I tried it now, got disoriented, could not find my way back and was overtaken by a panic attack

[vbPoet]

NO nO...
I want to do it programatically ..
any idea about controlling VGA or monitor driver ....

[moinkhan]

Well...
if your VGA doesn't support it.. then i doubt it's not possible doing it directly... bitblt should be the solution then..

[|2eM!x]

that didnt flip my screen..just inverted my colors..: D

[Jacob Roman]

Put the monitor upside down

[|2eM!x]

i didnt know i needed the flipmonitor api!

[szlamany]

Spin the yoke around on the CRT tube - should work fine!

Put a little step motor on it and plug it into the serial port to control it

[Jacob Roman]

i didnt know i needed the flipmonitor api!

There's also the GetDrunk API that gives you a similar effect.

Seriously though, if your Super VGA card doesn't support it (VGA is old by the way) then you might as well stick with my code.

[moinkhan]

I have a better idea now..

y don't u just sit on your HEAD?

[vbPoet]

Download software from www.portrait.com named Pivot..
look what does it ....
and how it is sof fast