Changing the screen resolution...

[Ken Ray]

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
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Using Jon's Commands to change screen resolutions in OS 9:
    http://osaxen.com/files/jonscommands2.1.2.html

Mac OS X
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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
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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