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Re: the "real" screen size [message #73151 is a reply to message #73042]

Mon, 25 October 2010 11:09

wlandsman
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On Oct 25, 1:32 pm, mgalloy <mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> The EXCLUDE_TASKBAR is ignored on Macs, BUT it always returns the size
> *without* the menu bar (basically its the equivalent of
> EXCLUDE_TASKBAR=1 always):

I find this also -- so it looks like for Macs we can avoid the
flashing to get the maximum useable image area, and that a program
GetRealScreenSize() should have separate branches for Mac, Windows,
and Linux.

A couple of other notes:

1. The value of !D.Y_SIZE on my Linux box is intelligent, in that if
I hide the toolbar, I will get a larger value of !D.Y_SIZE, i.e. I
will be able to write a larger IDL image.
2. An alternative to device,get_screen_size = win is to use the
GET_SCREEN_SIZE() function in the ITTVIS library. Although the
change is not documented, this function was completely rewritten in
IDL 8.0 to use the IDLsysMonitorInfo object. However, it does not
accept the EXCLUDE_TASKBAR keyword. --Wayne

IDL> print,get_screen_size()
1600 1200

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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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