RE: Re[2]: Screen Resolution
euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> From: <angelushappyfm at evc.net>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re[2]: Screen Resolution
>
>
> > >>How can I easily change the screen resolution (switching between
> > >>1024*768 and 640*480) in a Windows application?
> > >>Is there a function for this in the win32 API?
> > >>
> > >>Monele
>
> I sure hope your not going to release this to the general public as an
> application...
> are you..?
> If so, I'll pass on such an app. I think you'll find that alot of your
> customers will
> probably become highly pissed at you for changing their system
> parameters
> because windows is multitasking an alot of people task switch between
> programs.
>
> There are other ways, like painting an entire screen width window black
> and having child windows overlap the black parent or many other avenues
> you can take to avoid this very dangerous way of thinking.
>
> Euman
I think that really depends on what it's for, and how the option is
implemented. Yes, I said option. Like Euman said, people will become
very frustrated very fast if the program they are using unexpectedly
changes system settings.
IMO, the user should always be prompted before system settings are
changed. Even if the settings will be restored by the program, it's
possible that the computer will crash, and the settings will not be
reverted. The user needs to be aware of these kinds of changes in case
of such an event.
Chris
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