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# IDLsysMonitorInfo::GetRectangles

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The IDLsysMonitorInfo::GetRectangles function method retrieves the monitor coordinate rectangles.

## Syntax

Result = Obj->[IDLsysMonitorInfo::]GetRectangles( [, /EXCLUDE_TASKBAR])

## Return Value

Returns the monitors’ coordinate rectangles. A coordinate rectangle refers to a 4-element array of the form [x,y,w,h], where x and y are the origin at the upper-left corner of the rectangle and where w and h are the width and height of the rectangle.

There is one row returned in the array for each monitor, each column in the array contains a value for a component of each monitor (see Table 10-3 for the array columns).

Array Column | Content
First Column | Contains the x coordinate of the upper-left pixel of the monitor
Second Column | Contains the y coordinate of the upper-left pixel
Third Column | Contains the monitor width (w) in pixels
Fourth Column | Contains the monitor height (h) in pixels

If no monitors are available on the system, or if the DISPLAY_NAME property does not refer to a valid X server connection, IDLsysMonitorInfo::GetRectangles returns a four-element IDL long array containing zero values.

## Arguments

None

## Keywords

### EXCLUDE_TASKBAR

Set this keyword to cause the returned monitor rectangle information to not include the region of the monitor occupied by the Windows task bar. This keyword is supported on the Windows platform only and is ignored on all other platforms.

## Version History

6.3 | Introduced