Screen.DlgBaseUnitsX (property)

Syntax Screen.DlgBaseUnitsX
Description Returns an Integer used to convert horizontal pixels to and from dialog units.
Comments The number returned depends on the name and size of the font used to display dialog boxes. To convert from pixels to dialog units in the horizontal direction:   ((XPixels * 4) + (Screen.DlgBaseUnitsX - 1)) / Screen.DlgBaseUnitsX To convert from dialog units to pixels in the horizontal direction:   (XDlgUnits * Screen.DlgBaseUnitsX) / 4
Example This example converts the screen width from pixels to dialog units. 
Sub Main()
  XPixels = Screen.Width
  conv% = Screen.DlgBaseUnitsX
  XDlgUnits = (XPixels * 4) + (conv% -1) / conv%
  MsgBox "The screen width is " & XDlgUnits & " dialog units."
End Sub
See Also Screen.DlgBaseUnitsY (property).