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Re: the "real" screen size [message #73116 is a reply to message #73042]

Tue, 26 October 2010 13:03

David Fanning
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Mike Galloy writes:

> If you want to create a maximally sized graphics window so that the
> above example code works, then on Mac I think it has to use the UNIX
> solution.

Well, this is *extremely* confusing, which is why I'm trying
to write it down. So, what do you think the Mac is reporting,
then, when you do Get_Screen_Size()? You think this is the
window *without* a title bar, but not taking into account the
task bar, is that right?

I'm I correct that:

Device, Get_Screen_Size=theSize

On a Mac, actually gives the screen or monitor size?

> Does this work on Windows? IDLsysMonitor::getRectangles with
> EXCLUDE_TASKBAR excludes the windows menubar too?

It would appear so, yes.

Thanks for your help with this. Not having a Mac, and
not knowing all these machine-specific nuances, is what
makes writing machine independent code so very, very
difficult!

Cheers,

David

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		the "real" screen size By: wlandsman on Sun, 24 October 2010 15:02
		Re: the "real" screen size By: David Fanning on Tue, 26 October 2010 13:41
		Re: the "real" screen size By: Michael Galloy on Tue, 26 October 2010 13:39
		Re: the "real" screen size By: ronn on Wed, 27 October 2010 14:38
		Re: the "real" screen size By: David Fanning on Wed, 27 October 2010 07:10
		Re: the "real" screen size By: David Fanning on Tue, 26 October 2010 13:03
		Re: the "real" screen size By: Michael Galloy on Tue, 26 October 2010 12:41
		Re: the "real" screen size By: wlandsman on Mon, 25 October 2010 11:09
		Re: the "real" screen size By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 25 October 2010 10:32
		Re: the "real" screen size By: David Fanning on Mon, 25 October 2010 09:15
		Re: the "real" screen size By: wlandsman on Mon, 25 October 2010 09:09
		Re: the "real" screen size By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 28 October 2010 07:54
		Re: the "real" screen size By: David Fanning on Wed, 27 October 2010 15:11

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