Gabor: Success! (Sort of) Running outside R in the DOS window produces
C:\Program Files\R\R-2.3.1\bin>cscript displayconfiguration.vbs Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. Name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Color depth: 32 Horizontal resolution: 1280 Vertical resolution: 1024 I don't have immediate access to a machine with 800X600 native resolution so I can't compare. What's next? The problem isn't that a jpg produced on this machine looks crowed on an 800 X 600 machine. It's that the same R code on this machine generates a crowded jpeg on the older machine. My hope was to check the capability of the current machine and make some modest adjustments to my R code to produce an acceptable jpg on any machine running it. Thanks. Charles Annis, P.E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 561-352-9699 eFax: 614-455-3265 http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics This is what happens when I run it in R 2.3.1: > as.numeric(gsub(".* ", "", grep("resolution", + shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE), + value = TRUE))) [1] 1280 1024 The result is obviously dependent on your particular video card (I have a radeon). Try running it from outside of R and see what you get: cd \bin cscript displayconfiguration.vbs Also make sure you copied the code correctly from the web site and also try the second solution too just in case. Its possible that virus detection software will interfere since some antivirus programs prevent all vbscript routines from running. On 8/28/06, Charles Annis, P.E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabor: > > I am afraid I am demonstrating my lack of computer savvy. > > As you instructed, I downloaded the code, saved it as the file you > suggested, and executed this within R > > as.numeric(gsub(".* ", "", grep("resolution", > shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE), > value = TRUE))) > > The DOS window opened, some magic occurred in the blink of an eye, and the > DOS window closed. I haven't the foggiest idea what to do next since I can > see no evidence of having done anything. > > Thanks for your patience. > > > Charles Annis, P.E. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 561-352-9699 > eFax: 614-455-3265 > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: r-help > Subject: Re: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics > > 1. Put the code from > www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/jul05/hey0721.mspx > into, say, \bin\displayconfiguration.vbs, and then from R do this: > > as.numeric(gsub(".* ", "", grep("resolution", > shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE), > value = TRUE))) > > > or we can translate that into R to eliminate the need for a vbs routine > and then run it directly from R (although we will still need the indicated > dll): > > # must have GenericEnum.dll registered. That is, download and unzip: > # http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/rcom/download/GenericEnum.zip > # and register it: regsvr32 GenericEnum.dll > > library(RDCOMClient) > strComputer = "." > SWBemlocator <- COMCreate("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") > objWMIService <- SWBemlocator$ConnectServer(strComputer,"\\root\\CIMV2") > colItems <- objWMIService$ExecQuery ("Select * from > Win32_DisplayConfiguration") > > lEnum <- COMCreate("GenericEnum.AutomationEnum") > lEnum[["Collection"]] <- colItems > > if (lEnum$SetFirst()) { > repeat { > cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["DeviceName"]], "\n") > cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["BitsPerPel"]], "\n") > cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["Pelswidth"]], "\n") > cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["Pelsheight"]], "\n") > if (!lEnum$SetNext()) break > } > } > > > > On 8/28/06, Charles Annis, P.E. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My apologies for my oversight. I am using WindowsXP. The code that > > produces a nice-looking jpg (when viewed on my screen) produces cramped > > graphics on a 800 X 600 screen. I can change the spacings on the plot and > > remedy the situation for 800 X 600, but that looks awkward at 1280 X 1024. > > > > Thanks > > > > Charles Annis, P.E. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > phone: 561-352-9699 > > eFax: 614-455-3265 > > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bogdan romocea > > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:55 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: r-help > > Subject: Re: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics > > > > You forgot to mention your OS. This was asked before and if I recall > > correctly the answer for Windows was no. An acceptable solution (imho) > > is to edit the Rprofile.site files and add something like > > pngplotwidth <- 990 ; pngplotheight <- 700 > > pdfplotwidth <- 14 ; pdfplotheight <- 10 > > Then, use these values in your functions. It's manual, but you only > > need to do this once for each machine. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > Charles Annis, P.E. > > > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:50 AM > > > To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > > > Subject: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics > > > > > > Greetings, R-Citizens: > > > > > > I have the good fortune of working with a 19" 1280 X 1024 > > > pixel monitor. My > > > R-code produces nice-looking graphics on this machine but the > > > same code > > > results in crowded plots on an older machine with 800 X 600 > > > resolution. In > > > hindsight this seems obvious, but I didn't anticipate it. > > > > > > My code will be used on machines with varying graphics (and memory) > > > capacity. Is there a way I can check the native resolution > > > of the machine > > > so that I can make adjustments to my code for the possible > > > limitations of > > > the machine running it? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > Charles Annis, P.E. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > phone: 561-352-9699 > > > eFax: 614-455-3265 > > > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
