# Function Reference

# _WinAPI_MonitorFromRect

Retrieves a handle to the display monitor that has the largest area of intersection with a specified rectangle

#include <WinAPIGdi.au3>
_WinAPI_MonitorFromRect ( $tRECT [, $iFlag = $MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST] )

## Parameters

$tRECT | $tagRECT structure that specifies the rectangle of interest in virtual-screen coordinates.
$iFlag | [optional] The flag that specifies the function's return value if the rectangle does not intersect any display monitor. This parameter can be one of the following values. $MONITOR_DEFAULTTONULL $MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST (Default) $MONITOR_DEFAULTTOPRIMARY

## Return Value

Returns the handle to the monitor that has the largest area of intersection with the rectangle, or the value depends on the $MONITOR_* constant.

## See Also

Search MonitorFromRect in MSDN Library.

## Example

    #include <WinAPIGdi.au3>
    #include <WinAPISysWin.au3>

    _Example()

    Func _Example()
        Local $hWindow = WinGetHandle("[REGEXPTITLE:(?i)(.*" & @ScriptName & ".*SciTE.*?)]")
        Local $tagRECT = _WinAPI_GetWindowRect($hWindow)
        Local $hMonitor = _WinAPI_MonitorFromRect($tagRECT, $MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST)

        Local $aData = _WinAPI_GetMonitorInfo($hMonitor)
        If Not @error Then
            ConsoleWrite('Handle:      ' & $hMonitor & @CRLF)
            ConsoleWrite('Rectangle:   ' & DllStructGetData($aData[0], 1) & ', ' & DllStructGetData($aData[0], 2) & ', ' & DllStructGetData($aData[0], 3) & ', ' & DllStructGetData($aData[0], 4) & @CRLF)
            ConsoleWrite('Work area:   ' & DllStructGetData($aData[1], 1) & ', ' & DllStructGetData($aData[1], 2) & ', ' & DllStructGetData($aData[1], 3) & ', ' & DllStructGetData($aData[1], 4) & @CRLF)
            ConsoleWrite('Primary:     ' & $aData[2] & @CRLF)
            ConsoleWrite('Device name: ' & $aData[3] & @CRLF)
        EndIf
    EndFunc   ;==>_Example