Change the monitor resolution

[DanceParty]

Is there a way to make sure (or Change) a user's resolution to a specific setting. This way we know everyone is seeing the same thing.

[Derek]

This has been round the board so many times already and I dont believe anyone has come up with an answer yet

[DanceParty]

I have searched the forum with no avail. Maybe Ill just use one post on changing the size of the project. As a usability specialist, thats against my morals due to the look of the interface changing.

Thanks anyways.

If someone knows the answer PLEASE let me know.

Carrie (seems to me Im among the few "chicks" here)

[Lorne]

There is at least one freeware tool out there that can change the screen resolution. Be aware that it can be dangerous to do this...if you change to a resolution or frequency that is unsupported by the user's monitor, you can damage their monitor. (How unfriendly is that?)

And it should go without saying that you should return things the way they were (which might be difficult to determine) before your AutoPlay application exits. It's also a good idea to get the user's blessing before switching resolutions, in case they don't want their resolution to be changed.

[Corey]

Yeah Lorne's right, I don't reccomend it. That being said, it's very, very simple to create an .exe which does that. I've done it in Delphi as well as Director... (It was user controlled not arbitrary) I'm sure one could do it using VC++ or JBuilder just as easily...

For example:

http://www.latiumsoftware.com/en/delphi/00031.php3

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[AGRO]

I used this one for a couple of projects and it worked well in some computers and not in others so I "canned" it. When it worked it did a great job.

AniRez v1.2

[AGRO]

Here is a "sad" demo of what AniRez can do, if it works on your computer???

Run the autorun.exe

Sized Screen Demo