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Re: [WIN] screen resolution problem

• Posted by George Walters <gwalters at sc.rr.com> Aug 24, 2001
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thanks, Brian. I didn't catch that link. this should be most helpful..

...george

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Broker" <bkb at cnw.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: RE: [WIN] screen resolution problem


>
> George,
>
> The Win32Lib help docs for this function contain a link to MSDN online
> where you can find a list of codes.  However, if you just want the
> screen size, try "getRect( Screen )".
>
> getRect returns the pixel positions of the top-left corner and the
> bottom right corner. For Screen, Printer and bitmaps the top-left is
> always 0,0 and thus right is the width and bottom is the height.
>
> -- Brian
>
>
> George Walters wrote:
> > I can see that getSystemMetrics(atom code) will probably do the trick,
> > but I
> > can't find anywhere what the values of 'code' are to return things of
> > question. Like pixel width and height of screen size. Is there a list
> > somewhere?
> >
> > ...george
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "George Walters" <gwalters at sc.rr.com>
> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WIN] screen resolution problem
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Derek, how do you get the screen pixel dimensions?
> > >
> > >
> > > ...george
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
> > > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:23 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [WIN] screen resolution problem
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm guessing the problem is that text is measured in points not
pixels.
> > > And
> > > > the size of pixel changes with screen resolution and physical
dimension
> > of
> > > > the screen.
> > > >
> > > > You might need to recalculate the point size needed by calling
> > > > getTextExtent() for a given piece of text and seeing how many actual
> > pixel
> > > > it takes up. Then adjusting the point size via setFont() until the
text
> > > fits
> > > > into the control area.
> > > >
> > > > Alternately, make the controls a few pixels bigger than the minimum
> > > needed.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "joshua goldberg" <futures8 at bellsouth.net>
> > > > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 3:08 PM
> > > > Subject: [WIN] screen resolution problem
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi, all.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've developed a program which call Win32Lib routines. Works and
looks
> > > > fine on the machine on which it was devloped (19 inch monitor; set
to
> > > > 1024/768 resolution).
> > > > > when the  program is moved to a system (also Win 98) with a 14
inch
> > > > monitor set to 648/480, the type face appears to be quite a bit
larger,
> > > even
> > > > overrunning the
> > > > > boundaries of the PushBttons and the Lists in which data is
displayed.
> > > The
> > > > text on various screens is also no longer properly centered.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions to avoid this? Any suggestions
> > > > appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Josh
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
>
>