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    Device coordinates

    Do device coordinates use all 32 bits for newer versions of windows(xp,vista)?

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    depends on the device. What exactly are you refering to?

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    Any device suppoted by windows. I was just asking how many bits were used to hold coordinates(x,y). On older vesions of windows I know they only used 16 out of the 32 bits in an integer to hold the values(except for NT which made use of all 32).
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    Unless you are using 16 bit windows, assume they use all 32.

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    Windows 95 and 98 I know for sure only used 16 bit coordinates and they are 32 bit OS's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by herWter View Post
    Windows 95 and 98 I know for sure only used 16 bit coordinates and they are 32 bit OS's.
    Actually, the big difference between Windows NT and 95/98 is the fact that there was still a fair bit of 16-bit code in the 95/98 world, when the NT code was pure 32-bit code.

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    Ill take that as a yes so thank you.

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