The VIDEOMODEINFO data structure receives information for the current video monitor.

Note: The cb and ulColors fields are new to VIDEDOMODEINFO. The color depth field (ulColors) was introduced to differentiate between pixel and color depth.

typedef struct _VIDEOMODEINFO {
  ULONG      cb;                  /*  Size of the structure. */
  MODEID     miModeId;            /*  Used to make a SetMode request. */
  USHORT     usType;              /*  Flag indicating mode type. */
  USHORT     usInt10ModeSet;      /*  Interrupt 10 mode. */
  USHORT     usXResolution;       /*  Horizontal pixels. */
  USHORT     usYResolution;       /*  Vertical scanlines. */
  ULONG      ulBufferAddress;     /*  Physical address of VRAM. */
  ULONG      ulApertureSize;      /*  VRAM aperture. */
  ULONG      ulColors;            /*  Color depth. */
  BYTE       bBitsPerPixel;       /*  Pixel depth. */
  BYTE       bBitPlanes;          /*  Number of planes. */
  BYTE       bXCharSize;          /*  Font width. */
  BYTE       bYCharSize;          /*  Font height. */
  USHORT     usBytesPerScanLine;  /*  Number of bytes per scan line. */
  USHORT     usTextRows;          /*  Number of text rows. */
  ULONG      ulPageLength;        /*  Number of bytes to save a plane. */
  ULONG      ulSavesize;          /*  Total bytes of VRAM to save. */
  BYTE       bVrtRefresh;         /*  Vertical refresh rate. */
  BYTE       bHrtRefresh;         /*  Horizontal refresh rate. */
  BYTE       bVrtPolPos;          /*  Vertical polarity. */
  BYTE       bHrtPolPos;          /*  Horizontal polarity. */
  USHORT     usScrnTop;           /*  Vertical blanking away from the top, in line counts. */
  USHORT     usScrnBottom;        /*  Vertical blanking away from the bottom, in line counts. */
  USHORT     usScrnLeft;          /*  Horizontal blanking away from the left, in pixel counts. */
  USHORT     usScrnRight;         /*  Horizontal blanking away from the right, in pixel counts. */
  CHAR       szColorFormat[8];    /*  Color format string for true color or high-color modes. */
  CHAR       szColorWeight[8];    /*  Color weight string for true color or high-color modes. */
} VIDEOMODEINFO;

typedef   VIDEOMODEINFO   * FAR   * PVIDEOMODEINFO ;