Screen Resolution

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:56 pm

Hello,
I am making a program where I feel that the program graphics would be better off on a specific screen resolution. So, is there anyway through which I would be able to change the screen resolution. Can you please help thank you.

Khanjan

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:23 pm

People would probably not like if a certain program plays with their resolution settings. Just make sure the program works fine in 800x600 (even try to go for 640x480 for extra backwards compatability) and you'll be ok. Just avoid fixed width dialogs bigger then 640x480, and design your program window to be able to stretch properly and not hide any options, etc. But guess it all depends what your program is for. If it's to edit graphics, for example, you can assume everyone has a res above 800*600.

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sintekk · Post by **sintekk** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:28 pm

Unless this program is targeted towards an older audience, I'd feel confident in designing for 800x600 and ensuring the program scales up nicely. Been a while since I've ran into a computer using 640x480

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:40 pm

Yeah even 800x600 is getting old. Only place I use it now is in VMware, so that the VMware window fits nicely on my 1024*768 screen. And it's nice to see that all programs look ok in the VM and not too big.

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Death · Post by **Death** » Wed May 24, 2006 9:46 pm

aerofanatic wrote: Hello,
I am making a program where I feel that the program graphics would be better off on a specific screen resolution. So, is there anyway through which I would be able to change the screen resolution. Can you please help thank you.

Khanjan

There are likely ways where you can test to see the current screen resolution, and if the test fails, will cause the screen resolution to change to the new one. However, such a function would varry for each programming language.

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:31 am

hmm i still use 800x600 but really its not my fault

my choices are 1280x1024 or 800x600

1280x1024 makes things to small and 1024x768 does not work properly for some reason or i would use that

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