Usually it is bad form to modify the user's computer settings. You would
need an Xtra to do so anyway, but presume it's 256 colors because either:
1) The user likes it that way
2) Their video card only supports 256 colors (at least at that resolution),
and can't be changed.
or sometimes (3) It came that way and the user just doesn't know how to
change it.
At any rate, it's not appropriate to change their system. What you can do
is one of the following:
A) Put up a message saying "This program requires your monitor to be set to
display thousands of colors or better. Use Settings | Control Panel |
Display | Settings to change your color setting", then exit. If the user
really wants to run your program, let THEM do the change and then re-run it.
B) Create a duplicate set of art that works in 256-colors and use that art
for 256-color systems. Or, modify your art so that it doesn't have
gradients and uses colors from the standard palette, so at least your art
looks better. Creating duplicate art is the best quality solution, but a
lot of work if you're not making a commercial product.
- Tab
At 06:27 PM 4/15/02 +0800, noelle cheng wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Before creating a projector, is there any way to check the end user's
>system via lingo and modify its computer settings especially its color
>settings?
>
>I found that a projector that I had created looked very ugly on another
>computer. It was set at 256 colors.
>I had used a reverse background which did not appear at all and the color
>was missing.
>
>When I searched the Lingo-l archives and Direct-L archives, I could not
>find anything. Maybe I am wrong and nobody modifies the end-user
>settings? Short of re-doing the whole piece of work?
>
>
>Another thing - I used QT movies in my movie. When an .exe file is
>created, QT files need to accompany this. I actually placed my QT movies
>in a folder. And every time the movie reached a screen where a QT movie
>was required, the box saying where is this file to be found opens up. I
>have to tell the computer to look into the accompanying file every time.
>
> How do I not allow it to open in a projector? It looks very terrible in
> a presentation.
>
>TIA.
>
>Noelle.
>
>
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