Interface And Graphics :: Monitor Resolution For The Masses?
Jan 11, 2012
Recently I released a �preview edition� of an app to the www for distribution. One of the comments I received back was about it not fitting on the screen properly.So I just wanted to put it out there and get some feedback on how everyone approaches the subject of trying to make everyone happy.Being that it was a preview edition and not a released version I wasn�t all that concerned about things like auto scaling. The purpose was to demonstrate the concept of the program not provide a fully functioning bug free version of the software.I have started on a �preview edition 2� which includes 5 group boxes (3 left side and 2 right side) and I have that fairly well sorted, sizing and positioning the group boxes using the Form width and Height.I am not really interested in improving that section of the code too much as it works fairly well already. My concern is more around the labels, text boxes, drop down boxes etc. in the groupboxes�
Again I can do a similar thing scaling to the height and width of the groupbox properties to align the contents of the groupboxes.My question is� When you try to use a resolution like 800 x 600 (which appears huge after using ~1600 x 1000) how do you squeeze everything on the page?I was thinking of changing the font size for each resolution group i.e. < 900 Horizontal run this font size, < 1000 Horizontal run this font size etc.Or I could work out the font size based on the resolution and round it� FontSize = rnd (Res / 100, 1) since the lower the resolution the bigger the font is going to look anyway.If I can control the font size and I auto size all the labels and text boxes etc. I think I have a far better chance of getting everything on the screen.
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Oct 26, 2008
I'm trying to find a way to grab the resolution of the user's screen (eg, 1280x1024) but for the life of me, I can't figure out how. Is there a registry key that holds the resolution, or perhaps something else? I don't need to change it, just find it.
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Aug 30, 2008
I'm writing a VB2005 program (for WinXP) to implement a lighting show and need to clarify a few things before I buy a video projector.My PC has 2 Geforce 8800GTS cards. One will feed a standard monitor (housing the program control interface) and the other will feed the video projector doing the lighting show.My prog uses GDI DrawString to output text to the video projector.In the prog I want the output of Form1 (control interface) to ALWAYS go to the Monitor (through the primary display adapter) and the output of Form2 (GDI text strings) to go to the video projector (through the secondary display adapter).Can I assign a FORM to a specific Display Adapter or Monitor/Projector so that all output from that form will automatically go to that adapter (monitor/video projector)?If not, what is the best way to do it? Perhaps something like the following? Frankly I have no idea whether this is even remotely correct or whether there is a better way. [code] If the above is correct, will it work for a video projector as well (i.e. is a porojector also set to a specific resolution/bounds and is that resolution/bounds used as its size, as with a monitor?
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Feb 12, 2009
I'm working on a small app that takes a series of screenshots to analyze a graph. The problem I'm having is that, on my 3-monitor setup, the screenshot works fine on the primary monitor, but when I drag my app to either of the other monitors, the screenshot is black. I've also tried taking screenshots of the other monitors while the app is in the primary monitor by feeding the coordinates into the CopyFromScreen call directly, and that works, but as soon as I drag my app to one of the other monitors, all my screenshots are black. Also, and I'm pretty sure this will be important later, my primary monitor is attached to the on-board video, whereas the other two are attached to a separate video card. Both the on-board and installed cards are ATI Radeons.
Here's the screenshot code I'm using:
Code:
Namespace ScreenShot
'/ Provides functions to capture the screen, in whole or part
Public Class ScreenCapture
[code]....
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Dec 5, 2009
How to get list of all resolution of client monitor and check with resolution passed by application
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Jun 14, 2011
my code, i'm converting this code from vb to vb.net and seems i was missing something, seems EnumDisplaySetting can't read values and returning 0
Private Declare Function EnumDisplaySettings Lib "user32" Alias "EnumDisplaySettingsA" (ByVal lpszDeviceName As Integer, ByVal iModeNum As Integer, ByRef lpDevMode As DEVMODE) As Integer
[code]....
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Apr 26, 2010
How can I get the resolution of the extended monitor?
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Apr 15, 2009
What is the best way to handle resolution issues on the monitor when writing a windows app from VB.Net.I developed an app on my laptop, it's widescreen and res is set to 1440 x 900. When I take my app and run it on a machine with an older Analog monitor and the res is 1024 x 768, all of the forms on the right and bottom are cut off.
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Dec 28, 2010
I'm looking for a class that could change the resolution of the primary monitor.
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Jun 16, 2011
how do I adapt the my application area to the user's monitor resolution?I have created a winForms application on 1280*768 resolution monitor and the application is generally used on smaller laptops (10inches). Now I need to a scrollbar on my entire application so that the spacing remains the same as I have designed. For this, there has to be a scrollbar (Both Horizontal and Vertical) on the application.
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Jun 22, 2010
I want to know how can I make a program what will work in any type of resolution & monitor. For example if I make an application fullscreen it will work. But problem is that text boxes or another things will not work properly. For example if I make a program & make it fullscreen for 1440 * 900 resolution it will work fine when it will get 1440 * 900 resolution. But when it will get different resolution like 1280 * 1024 or something like that it will make my application fullscreen but buttons or another things will not be present there in same place. So what should I do to get rid of this problem? All I want to make a program what will adjust itself everywhere(though you change resolution or monitor like 17 inch or 29 inch whatever it will work & buttons & another thinks will be there in same place).
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Nov 19, 2010
Im working on a project that needs to print a report of one client.Everything went smooth untill i came across my multiline input text data.When i display it in the PrintPagePreview the text go's outside my page. Even when im printing it only the halve of my text is displayed. I googled and looked everywhere but i can't get a clear fix for it.
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Jan 22, 2011
I used to program with Visual Basic 6, so I have alot of old programs that I'm updating, plus I'm learning the new VB2008 methods. I'm writing a program that replaces the old "BitBlit" function which is no longer supported by Visual Basic 2008. It involves three picture boxes, one holds the sprite bitmap, a second holds the mask (silhouette) of the sprite bitmap, and a third has a background image.
[Code]...
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Aug 14, 2009
drawing text on a window which is not the current form's window.I remember doing this in Win32 api with getwindowdc(handle) to obtain a DC for the Window, then textout() on the DC.
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Jan 12, 2010
how to create a user interface in a game such as the application XFire using Visual Basic?
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Oct 19, 2008
I'm working on a design project where I have to use a Graphical User Interface that contains a drag and drop form. It consists of having a window dropped on a wall. Both of them are images to scale. I would like to know what kind of code I would have to use to show the x and y coordinates of one of the points of my window when dragged so when I drop it, I'm dropping in it on the desired coordinate of the wall.
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Jan 12, 2011
Ok, I want to create a class that will handle a special rectangle graphic.In my form, I want to have two of these special rectangles. So, basically, I need two instances of that class in my form, right?I manage to initialize two, alright. But, how exactly am I supposed tomanage drawing/graphics etc in a class, and the results to be displayed in my form?
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Oct 29, 2008
Using graphics paths for designing...but am getting an error when trying to add a shape to : _shapelist.add(createshape())
It says : Value of type 'system.drawing.drawing2d.graphicspath' cannot be converted to '1-dimensional array of system.drawing.drawing2d.graphicspath'
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May 18, 2012
I was wondering if I could elicit some tips on how to procede with an interface design approach.That is. What is a good way to go about establishing a "work area" where one can have multiple "floating forms" in this area.Can you have a form which occupies the entire windows desk top and the other forms "float" in this space? the "floating" forms would need to interact with each other where pressing buttons etc on them would affect other forms on the "workspace") Or what would be a good way to start accomplishing that? Or is there a better way to get the same effect?
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Apr 21, 2010
I'm trying to make a .dll that contains a lot of basic functionality that a program can use. Currently i am trying to use interfaces to make a lot of this functionallity independend of the program using it but i hit a snag. The Basic idea is that a programmer will create his own object using the interface discribed in my .DLL file. Then implements those functions as he likes. He can then instanciate a controller (found in the same DLL) and sends his custom object implementing the interface to that Controller. The controller can then be started and will take over all the work. I do not know what type of object is send to the controller and idealy i want to program it in such a fashion that i shouldn't care as long as the object send implements that interface.In code I am trying to achieve the following: (quite simplyfied)
.Dll:
Code:
Public Interface MyInterface '<----Decleration of the interfaceFunction GetData() As Integer
Function SetData(Data As Integer)
end interface
[code]....
this propperly. I know that the second i set the interface adaptor in the Controller VS comes nagging that it can not be converted to a "MyInterface" Class. Obviously i am doing something wrong. I can change the datatype that the controller expects to the "MyController" type but that would completely ruin the whole idea of flexibillity. I am hoping someone sees what i am trying to do and can point out where i made the thinking error.
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May 21, 2012
Is this where i would post a picture of my interface and get feedback on changes for easier use? If not is there someplace on this forum or any other forum to do this?
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Jan 19, 2011
So I decided to make my famous tile selector project, but instead of drawing in a form's graphics, do it inside a tabpage.Well, I managed to get it working, but it seems to... flicker.Normally, setting the form's DoubleBuffered property to True would help a lot there, but apparently, the tabpage has no such property.
When I invalidate the tabpage, I draw two images and fill one rectangle.Following past advice, those two images were created before, just once, and are stored in a variable so I don't create them every time I invalidate the tabpage.
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Aug 1, 2010
Ok I have this: This makes a sub called 'graphicspaint' then writes "demo version" to a picturebox1
Code:
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
[code]......
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Dec 5, 2011
i whant do my own shadow effect. i can do the shandow. but how can i plus 2 bitmap images(1 above the other)?
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Dec 21, 2010
Graphics.DrawImage loses resolution
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Oct 28, 2011
I load my picturebox with a jpeg. If I put my DrawObjects() sub into picturebox paint event.When ever a picturebox.refresh or picturebox.visible = true (vb.net seems to draw my DrawObjects() first, then load the jpeg Image over my drawing - erasing drawing) Is there a way to get the picturebox to redraw the jpg image first then draw on it, in picturebox paint event?
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Jul 16, 2010
I have to know how to set system resolution of all tools in forms, which i using for my application.
I attached two screen shots. When i work my application with my system, form window and their tools placed correctly with my monitor fit(15 inch monitor).
But when i work my application in 21 inch monitor, all tools re arranged and
not in format. post me the code to set resolution as per system??
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Apr 4, 2011
Just want to know if it is possible to do an image mapping in VB2010?..
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Feb 16, 2012
I am using Visual Basic 2005 for an Operator Interface in an industrial setting. Where should I be looking to help make my Operator Interface even more eye pleasing and practical?
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Oct 4, 2010
I am having a datagrid in WPF application and I need to show the text wrapped in the cells. Basically I am reading from SQL server and displaying them in the Datagrid. Some of the fields having more than 255 character length and I want to show them as wrapped. To do this, I created my own style and trying to apply that to a data grid cell, but it is not working. [Code]
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