Mark,
While I agree with you in principle, I think it's worth noting that an
application can always ASK the user for permission to change the
screen resolution and then do it for you with your approval. Also,
there are some cases (such as full screen video players or kiosks)
where it is perfectly acceptable behavior to take over your screen and
return things to normal when it is suspended or terminated.
So generally speaking, I agree with you -- but I think you're also
jumping the gun a little bit here.
Dear Francis,
Please, stay away from my screen. it is MY screen and NOT yours. You
simply have no right to change the system settings of my or anyone
else's computer. Of course, this message isn't only meant for you,
but for anyone who thinks of changing someone else's screen rect.
Please, don't do it.
Instead, you should detect the screensize and resize your stack
window and the objects in it to accommodate the screensize. Never do
the oppositem don't change the screen rect.
You should also take into account the possibility that the user
changes the screen resolution while your application is running. For
this, you can catch the desktopChanged message and adjust the window
and object sizes again (and indeed, you need to check the
windowBoundingRect and (working) screenRect(s) too).
Now, if you're really still not convinced, I can tell you there are
a few command line utilities, but they need to be updated every now
and then, because they can't cope with the many different screens
and screen resolutions available these days. I believe it is
possible to use the terminal or applescript on Mac OS X, but I
haven't seen a good working solution.
--
Best regards,
Mark Schonewille
Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
http://economy-x-talk.com
http://www.salery.biz
Dutch forum: http://runrev.info/rrforum
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