Changing the screen resolution...

[Peter Reid]

I've just been trying to follow Ken's advice below (using cscreen 
with OS X 10.4.x) but I'm struggling with getting the syntax right 
for the shell() command.

I have placed the cscreen binary file into a folder "support" that is 
at the same level as my Rev stack (i.e. into the folder 
"/Users/peter/Desktop/screen sizer/support").

if I put

   "/Users/peter/Desktop/screen sizer/support/cscreen"

into a variable theCmd and execute:

   put shell(theCmd) into theResult

it works fine and returns the current display resolution details etc.

However, if I put

   "/Users/peter/Desktop/screen sizer/support/cscreen -x 1600 -y 1200 -s 1"

into a variable theCmd and execute:

   put shell(theCmd) into theResult

I get the result:

/bin/sh: line 1: /Users/peter/Desktop/screen sizer/support/cscreen -x 
1600 -y 1200 -s 1: No such file or directory

I don't seem to be able to pass parameters to cscreen. Any 
suggestions about how to fix my syntax please?!

Thanks

>On 3/8/06 8:05 PM, "Sarah Reichelt" <sarah.reichelt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>  Is there a way so that I can change the resolution of the screen using a
>>>  script in metacard itself.?
>>
>>  On Mac OS X, you can use the cscreen shell command. I don't know if
>>  there is an equivalent for Windows or Linux.
>
>Actually this is something that I have in my Scripter's Scrapbook (not Linux
>though):
>
>Mac OS 9
>----------
>Using Jon's Commands to change screen resolutions in OS 9:
>     http://osaxen.com/files/jonscommands2.1.2.html
>
>Mac OS X
>-----------
>The place to download 'cscript', a command-line utility for OS X that can
>retrieve info about screens and to change their properties (including
>reolution):
>     http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/mac/19753
>
>or to directly download 'cscript':
>     http://www.pyehouse.com/lynn/cscreen.dmg
>
>Windows
>----------
>You can use one of three third-party command line executables ("MultiRes",
>"Resolution Changer", or "VidRes"):
>     http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/multires.exe
>     http://www.myitforum.com/inc/upload/1365Vidchng.zip
>     http://www.jddesign.co.uk/
>
>(For more information, see
>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting/m
>sg/423d3f435989d049)
>
>Ken Ray
>Sons of Thunder Software
>Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>Email: kray at sonsothunder.com

-- 
Peter Reid
Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK
Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)8700 527576
E-mail: preid at reidit.co.uk
Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk