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- Jul 05, 2008 17:35
- Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Graphic drivers checker, and check for screen resolution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2082
Improved version
This is a update to my previous code Know how some users have bad graphic drivers and substandard graphics cards. I have done code to check for when fullscreen is not supported. It will bring up the desktop, hide the desktop, hide the taskbar ,go windowed, and center the window. The code was taken f...
- Jul 04, 2008 19:18
- Forum: General
- Topic: Trying to center window using SETCONTROL
- Replies: 1
- Views: 718
Trying to center window using SETCONTROL
I am trying to center a window using SETCONTROL. According to the FreeBasic Manual it says SETCONTROL SET_WINDOW_POS returns postion in desktop coordinates. I tested out the code it is definitely not centering right. I think the problem is I have not included the height of the caption bar. How do yo...
- Jun 22, 2008 15:37
- Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Graphic drivers checker, and check for screen resolution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2082
- Jun 22, 2008 0:49
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Can't get fullscreen 640 by 480 32bit truecolor to work
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7170
Code to help get around this
I just did some code to help get around this. If the graphics drivers are bad or the graphics card does not support this.
It is in Tips and Tricks.
The link is :
http://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11684
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Lassar
It is in Tips and Tricks.
The link is :
http://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11684
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Lassar
- Jun 22, 2008 0:43
- Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Graphic drivers checker, and check for screen resolution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2082
Graphic drivers checker, and check for screen resolution
I have been on a couple of other forums and it seems that some of the modern graphics cards might not support 640 by 480 resolution. Also sometimes the graphics drivers or directx drivers are bad. I am posting code that checks that your screen resolution is supported and if you can go fullscreen. If...
- Jun 18, 2008 1:46
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Alt-enter does not work when shelling to freebasic program
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1202
Finally Figured it out
Hope this keeps you from making the same mistake I did. I was using createprocess and using SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED for the windowed. I was looking over the powerbasic constants in the Win32api.inc . The ' Old ShowWindow() Commands says that SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED is the same as the old SHOW_FULLSCREEN. No wonde...
- Jun 17, 2008 19:33
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Found Bug in FreeBasic ScreenRes
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5304
- Jun 17, 2008 15:41
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Found Bug in FreeBasic ScreenRes
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5304
This works fine here on Vista with the latest fbc; which version of Windows and FreeBASIC are you using? I am using 32bit XP and FreeBasic 18.2 Works fine using FreeBasic 18.2 Does not work using FreeBasic 18.3 . Does not work using Freebasic 18.5b . I am including two executables . One complied wi...
- Jun 17, 2008 5:18
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Found Bug in FreeBasic ScreenRes
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5304
Found Bug in FreeBasic ScreenRes
FreeBasic above version 18.2 will not create a window without a border after fullscreen mode. See http://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=101847#101847] forum page for full example. screenres 640, 480, 32 ,,&H08 ' Windowed mode without border Bload "StartSplash.bmp" Do:Loop Unti...
- Jun 17, 2008 3:27
- Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Splash Screen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2558
ScreenShots for Splash
@lassar ... care to post some screenshot? or the .png you are using, that will help to test... also... QB + WinApi... why? It could just as easily bload a bmp pict; instead of png pict. screenres 640, 480, 32 ,,&H08 ' Windowed mode without border Bload "StartSplash1.bmp" Do:Loop Until...
- Jun 14, 2008 3:07
- Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Splash Screen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2558
Splash Screen
I was going thru freebasic and could not believe that no one had done a good splash screen I checked the help file and came up with this. I had grabbed some code off my computer that was working and changed it a bit. and added some other code from my other program to put this together fast. I just h...
- Jun 14, 2008 0:53
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Alt-enter does not work when shelling to freebasic program
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1202
Alt-enter does not work when shelling to freebasic program
I have a powerbasic program that shells to a freebasic program. The freebasic program goes full screen.When I press Alt-enter I get some black on the desktop, and that is all. I also have a freebasic program that shells to this program. The freebasic program goes full screen. I press Alt-enter it go...
- Jun 12, 2008 21:26
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Can't get fullscreen 640 by 480 32bit truecolor to work
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7170
How do you know it won't support 640 by 480 ?
To maddogg6: newer video cards are not capable of that resolution in windows. My NVidia for instance, lowest resolution is 800x600. How are you arriving at the lowest resolution, your graphics card supports. Is it from "right click" desktop, properties,settings, OR Is it from "right c...
- Jun 12, 2008 5:27
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Can't get fullscreen 640 by 480 32bit truecolor to work
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7170
Been googling black screen and cursor. Seems like most answers to that is latest graphics card drivers and latest directx drivers As far as the newest video cards not being able to show 640 by 480 32bit color. I was look thru the help section and found this. Dim As Integer mode, w, h '' Find which 3...
- Jun 12, 2008 4:51
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Can't get fullscreen 640 by 480 32bit truecolor to work
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7170
Interesting, what is a guy to do to get it to work then ?
Interesting, what is a guy to do to get it to work then ?
I never thought that, 640 by 480 truecolor might not be supported.
So what do I change to get the program to work in all computers ?
I never thought that, 640 by 480 truecolor might not be supported.
So what do I change to get the program to work in all computers ?