| Re: Fullscreen graphics request ? [message #34773] |
Mon, 21 April 2003 12:33 |
David Fanning
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Rick Towler (rtowler@u.washington.edu) writes:
> Do you get graphics acceleration on your secondary monitor? Are you running
> a single graphics adapter with dual out or 2 adapters? I am running two
> adapters and OG windows aren't refreshed on the secondary display. :(
This is a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 adapter with dual out.
I don't normally run graphics on the secondary monitor
(I save that for email, IDL on-line help, and the
ubiquitous IDL newsgroup reader), but it appears to
run graphics fine. I don't notice speed difference
from one monitor to the other.
There is an occasional "delayed refresh" with this
set up that can be startling once in a while. I
immediately think the dog has chewed the monitor chord
again! But otherwise, it works great.
Cheers,
David
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| Re: Fullscreen graphics request ? [message #34774 is a reply to message #34773] |
Mon, 21 April 2003 11:21  |
Rick Towler
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"David Fanning" wrote ...
> David Fanning (david@dfanning.com) writes:
> Oddly, when this value is set to 5, the full-screen
> window comes up so that it completely fills my
> primary monitor and half fills the secondary monitor. (!?)
> I don't know what that could be about. :-(
Do you get graphics acceleration on your secondary monitor? Are you running
a single graphics adapter with dual out or 2 adapters? I am running two
adapters and OG windows aren't refreshed on the secondary display. :(
-Rick
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| Re: Fullscreen graphics request ? [message #34779 is a reply to message #34774] |
Mon, 21 April 2003 10:16 |
David Fanning
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George Millward (george@apl.ucl.ac.uk) writes:
> Thanks for your help. unfortunately I'm not on a windows machine - I
> am using the OSX version.
> Your fullscreen program produces a window that fills the screen
> allright - but still has the frame at the top. It is also moveable.
> In fact tlb_frame_attr doesn't seem to do anything on the Mac version.
Yeah, sorry to hear that. Whenever is see the word "hint" in
IDL documentation, I've learned to read "trouble". :-(
Cheers,
David
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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
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| Re: Fullscreen graphics request ? [message #34780 is a reply to message #34779] |
Mon, 21 April 2003 10:03 |
george
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David,
Thanks for your help. unfortunately I'm not on a windows machine - I
am using the OSX version.
Your fullscreen program produces a window that fills the screen
allright - but still has the frame at the top. It is also moveable.
In fact tlb_frame_attr doesn't seem to do anything on the Mac version.
Cheers,
George.
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| Re: Fullscreen graphics request ? [message #34783 is a reply to message #34780] |
Mon, 21 April 2003 07:19 |
David Fanning
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David Fanning (david@dfanning.com) writes:
> tlb = Widget_Base(TLB_Frame_Attr=5)
Whoops, this value was actually set to 4 on the version
of the program I was testing. Sorry.
I have a dual-monitor set up and Get_Screen_Size
reports a monitor size of 2560 by 1024.
With TLB_FRAME_ATTR set to 4 or 6, the window
comes up full-screen on a single monitor. (I
think my graphics card is interceding here,
because I think I have configured it to do this.)
Oddly, when this value is set to 5, the full-screen
window comes up so that it completely fills my
primary monitor and half fills the secondary monitor. (!?)
I don't know what that could be about. :-(
Cheers,
David
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Fullscreen graphics request ? [message #34784 is a reply to message #34783] |
Mon, 21 April 2003 07:05 |
David Fanning
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George Millward (george@apl.ucl.ac.uk) writes:
> I was wanting to get IDL to produce object graphics in a 'fullscreen'
> mode (i.e., a windowless window). This way the image could be sent to
> a projector without having a pointless window border around it.
> Anyhow, I discover that this isn't possible in 5.6 - IDL does not
> support such a feature.
Here is a program that will give you a fullscreen window.
Or, at least it does on my Windows machine.
;******************************************************
PRO FullScreenWindow, WID=wid, TLB=tlb
tlb = Widget_Base(TLB_Frame_Attr=5)
Device, Get_Screen_Size=s
draw = Widget_Draw(tlb, XSize=s[0], YSize=s[1])
Widget_Control, tlb, /Realize
Widget_Control, draw, Get_Value=wid
WSet, wid
END
;********************************************************
The window index number is returned in the WID keyword.
Or, it can simply be found in !D.Window.
IDL> FullScreenWindow, WID=wid, TBL=tlb
IDL> Plot, findgen(11) ; Or whatever
To close the window, you can either do this:
IDL> Widget_Control, tlb, /Destroy
Or, this:
IDL> Widget_Control, /Reset
> My question. Will such a feature be a part of IDL 6 - and if not how
> do I go about requesting it (i.e., what are the RSI channels for
> requesting features).
Despite what you have heard, winching and moaning here on
the IDL newsgroup is not best way to get things accomplished.
The best way is to send a polite note to support@rsinc.com. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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