Thanks Klaus and Ken for the great suggestions. Steve Goldberg > > > > >> Back again, with thanks, to tap the brains of the RR experts once > >> more: I > >> have created a Revolution application (on Macintosh) that calls for > >> a screen > >> size close to 1024x768. Since some users (Mac or Windows) may > >> have their > >> monitors set to less than that, I am concerned that the stacks may > >> be too big to > >> fit their monitors. While I can issue a "ReadMe" note telling > >> users how to > >> reset their screen resolution, is there a way of automatically > >> doing this in > >> Revolution? I.e., can Revolution determine a user's screen > >> resolution and > >> alert them to increase it, or, better, can Revolution change the > >> user's screen > >> resolution and then convert back to the original resolution when > >> the program > >> closes? Thanks. > > > > you can check the current screen resolution by querying "the > > screenrect". > > I do this all the time in my "preopenstack" handlers. > > > > But you cannot change the resolution from within Revolution, sorry. > > Well, you can do this on the Mac (OS X) using Lynn Pye's 'cscreen' command > line app: > > http://www.pyehouse.com/lynn/cscreen.dmg > > (To get info on how to use it, put it somehwere like your home directory, > open Terminal, and type "~/cscreen -h" and hit return).) > > It also lets you get the current depth, width, height and refresh rate of > each connected monitor, and allows you t ochange any of these things > including which display has the menubar. > > For Windows, you can check out the third-party command line executable > "MultiRes", "Resolution Changer", or "VidRes" at: > > http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/multires.exe > http://www.myitforum.com/inc/upload/1365Vidchng.zip > http://www.jddesign.co.uk/ > > (For more information, see > http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting/m > sg/423d3f435989d049) > > HTH, > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software > Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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