System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation Members

The members of System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation are listed below.

See Also: Inherited members from System.Object

Public Properties

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static
ActiveWindowTrackingDelayint.

Gets the active window tracking delay.

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static
ArrangeDirectionArrangeDirection.

Gets a value that indicates the direction in which the operating system arranges minimized windows.

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static
ArrangeStartingPositionArrangeStartingPosition.

Gets an System.Windows.Forms.ArrangeStartingPosition value that indicates the starting position from which the operating system arranges minimized windows.

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static
BootModeBootMode.

Gets a System.Windows.Forms.BootMode value that indicates the boot mode the system was started in.

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static
Border3DSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the thickness, in pixels, of a three-dimensional (3-D) style window or system control border.

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static
BorderMultiplierFactorint.

Gets the border multiplier factor that is used when determining the thickness of a window's sizing border.

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static
BorderSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the thickness, in pixels, of a flat-style window or system control border.

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static
CaptionButtonSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the standard size, in pixels, of a button in a window's title bar.

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static
CaptionHeightint.

Gets the height, in pixels, of the standard title bar area of a window.

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static
CaretBlinkTimeint.

Gets the caret blink time.

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static
CaretWidthint.

Gets the width, in pixels, of the caret in edit controls.

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static
ComputerNamestring.

Gets the NetBIOS computer name of the local computer.

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static
CursorSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the maximum size, in pixels, that a cursor can occupy.

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static
DbcsEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the operating system is capable of handling double-byte character set (DBCS) characters.

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static
DebugOSbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the debug version of USER.EXE is installed.

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static
DoubleClickSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the area within which the user must click twice for the operating system to consider the two clicks a double-click.

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static
DoubleClickTimeint.

Gets the maximum number of milliseconds that can elapse between a first click and a second click for the OS to consider the mouse action a double-click.

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static
DragFullWindowsbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the user has enabled full window drag.

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static
DragSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the width and height of a rectangle centered on the point the mouse button was pressed, within which a drag operation will not begin.

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static
FixedFrameBorderSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the thickness, in pixels, of the frame border of a window that has a caption and is not resizable.

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static
FontSmoothingContrastint.

Gets the font smoothing contrast value used in ClearType smoothing.

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static
FontSmoothingTypeint.

Gets the current type of font smoothing.

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static
FrameBorderSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the thickness, in pixels, of the resizing border that is drawn around the perimeter of a window that is being drag resized.

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static
HighContrastbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the user has enabled the high-contrast mode accessibility feature.

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static
HorizontalFocusThicknessint.

Gets the thickness of the left and right edges of the system focus rectangle, in pixels.

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static
HorizontalResizeBorderThicknessint.

Gets the thickness of the left and right edges of the sizing border around the perimeter of a window being resized, in pixels.

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static
HorizontalScrollBarArrowWidthint.

Gets the width, in pixels, of the arrow bitmap on the horizontal scroll bar.

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static
HorizontalScrollBarHeightint.

Gets the default height, in pixels, of the horizontal scroll bar.

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static
HorizontalScrollBarThumbWidthint.

Gets the width, in pixels, of the scroll box in a horizontal scroll bar.

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static
IconHorizontalSpacingint.

Gets the width, in pixels, of an icon arrangement cell in large icon view.

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static
IconSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the Windows default program icon size.

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static
IconSpacingSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the size, in pixels, of the grid square used to arrange icons in a large-icon view.

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static
IconVerticalSpacingint.

Gets the height, in pixels, of an icon arrangement cell in large icon view.

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static
IsActiveWindowTrackingEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether active window tracking is enabled.

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static
IsComboBoxAnimationEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the slide-open effect for combo boxes is enabled.

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static
IsDropShadowEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the drop shadow effect is enabled.

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static
IsFlatMenuEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether native user menus have a flat menu appearance.

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static
IsFontSmoothingEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether font smoothing is enabled.

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static
IsHotTrackingEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether hot tracking of user-interface elements, such as menu names on menu bars, is enabled.

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static
IsIconTitleWrappingEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether icon-title wrapping is enabled.

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static
IsKeyboardPreferredbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the user relies on the keyboard instead of the mouse, and prefers applications to display keyboard interfaces that would otherwise be hidden.

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static
IsListBoxSmoothScrollingEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the smooth-scrolling effect for list boxes is enabled.

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static
IsMenuAnimationEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether menu fade or slide animation features are enabled.

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static
IsMenuFadeEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether menu fade animation is enabled.

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static
IsMinimizeRestoreAnimationEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether window minimize and restore animation is enabled.

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static
IsSelectionFadeEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the selection fade effect is enabled.

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static
IsSnapToDefaultEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the snap-to-default-button feature is enabled.

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static
IsTitleBarGradientEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the gradient effect for window title bars is enabled.

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static
IsToolTipAnimationEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip animation is enabled.

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static
KanjiWindowHeightint.

Gets the height, in pixels, of the Kanji window at the bottom of the screen for double-byte character set (DBCS) versions of Windows.

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static
KeyboardDelayint.

Gets the keyboard repeat-delay setting.

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static
KeyboardSpeedint.

Gets the keyboard repeat-speed setting.

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static
MaxWindowTrackSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the default maximum dimensions, in pixels, of a window that has a caption and sizing borders.

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static
MenuAccessKeysUnderlinedbool.

Gets a value indicating whether menu access keys are always underlined.

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static
MenuBarButtonSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the default width, in pixels, for menu-bar buttons and the height, in pixels, of a menu bar.

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static
MenuButtonSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the default dimensions, in pixels, of menu-bar buttons.

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static
MenuCheckSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the default size of a menu check mark area.

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static
MenuFontSystem.Drawing.Font.

Gets the font used to display text on menus.

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static
MenuHeightint.

Gets the height, in pixels, of one line of a menu.

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static
MenuShowDelayint.

Gets the time, in milliseconds, that the system waits before displaying a cascaded shortcut menu when the mouse cursor is over a submenu item.

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static
MidEastEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the operating system is enabled for the Hebrew and Arabic languages.

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static
MinimizedWindowSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of a normal minimized window.

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static
MinimizedWindowSpacingSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the area each minimized window is allocated when arranged.

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static
MinimumWindowSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the minimum width and height for a window, in pixels.

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static
MinWindowTrackSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the default minimum dimensions, in pixels, that a window may occupy during a drag resize.

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static
MonitorCountint.

Gets the number of display monitors on the desktop.

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static
MonitorsSameDisplayFormatbool.

Gets a value indicating whether all the display monitors are using the same pixel color format.

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static
MouseButtonsint.

Gets the number of buttons on the mouse.

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static
MouseButtonsSwappedbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the functions of the left and right mouse buttons have been swapped.

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static
MouseHoverSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the rectangle within which the mouse pointer has to stay for the mouse hover time before a mouse hover message is generated.

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static
MouseHoverTimeint.

Gets the time, in milliseconds, that the mouse pointer has to stay in the hover rectangle before a mouse hover message is generated.

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static
MousePresentbool.

Gets a value indicating whether a pointing device is installed.

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static
MouseSpeedint.

Gets the current mouse speed.

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static
MouseWheelPresentbool.

Gets a value indicating whether a mouse with a mouse wheel is installed.

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static
MouseWheelScrollDeltaint.

Gets the amount of the delta value of a single mouse wheel rotation increment.

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static
MouseWheelScrollLinesint.

Gets the number of lines to scroll when the mouse wheel is rotated.

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static
NativeMouseWheelSupportbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the operating system natively supports a mouse wheel.

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static
Networkbool.

Gets a value indicating whether a network connection is present.

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static
PenWindowsbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing extensions are installed.

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static
PopupMenuAlignmentLeftRightAlignment.

Gets the side of pop-up menus that are aligned to the corresponding menu-bar item.

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static
PowerStatusPowerStatus.

Gets the current system power status.

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static
PrimaryMonitorMaximizedWindowSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the default dimensions, in pixels, of a maximized window on the primary display.

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static
PrimaryMonitorSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of the current video mode of the primary display.

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static
RightAlignedMenusbool.

Gets a value indicating whether drop-down menus are right-aligned with the corresponding menu-bar item.

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static
ScreenOrientationScreenOrientation.

Gets the orientation of the screen.

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static
Securebool.

Gets a value indicating whether a Security Manager is present on this operating system.

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static
ShowSoundsbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the user prefers that an application present information in visual form in situations when it would present the information in audible form.

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static
SizingBorderWidthint.

Gets the width, in pixels, of the sizing border drawn around the perimeter of a window being resized.

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static
SmallCaptionButtonSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the width, in pixels, of small caption buttons, and the height, in pixels, of small captions.

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static
SmallIconSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of a small icon.

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static
TerminalServerSessionbool.

Gets a value indicating whether the calling process is associated with a Terminal Services client session.

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static
ToolWindowCaptionButtonSizeSystem.Drawing.Size.

Gets the dimensions, in pixels, of small caption buttons.

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static
ToolWindowCaptionHeightint.

Gets the height, in pixels, of a tool window caption.

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static
UIEffectsEnabledbool.

Gets a value indicating whether user interface (UI) effects are enabled or disabled.

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static
UserDomainNamestring.

Gets the name of the domain the user belongs to.

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static
UserInteractivebool.

Gets a value indicating whether the current process is running in user-interactive mode.

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static
UserNamestring.

Gets the user name associated with the current thread.

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static
VerticalFocusThicknessint.

Gets the thickness, in pixels, of the top and bottom edges of the system focus rectangle.

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static
VerticalResizeBorderThicknessint.

Gets the thickness, in pixels, of the top and bottom edges of the sizing border around the perimeter of a window being resized.

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static
VerticalScrollBarArrowHeightint.

Gets the height, in pixels, of the arrow bitmap on the vertical scroll bar.

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static
VerticalScrollBarThumbHeightint.

Gets the height, in pixels, of the scroll box in a vertical scroll bar.

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static
VerticalScrollBarWidthint.

Gets the default width, in pixels, of the vertical scroll bar.

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static
VirtualScreenSystem.Drawing.Rectangle.

Gets the bounds of the virtual screen.

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static
WorkingAreaSystem.Drawing.Rectangle.

Gets the size, in pixels, of the working area of the screen.