Dumb Window size Question

Eric Chatonet eric.chatonet at sosmartsoftware.com
Sat Feb 18 11:53:54 EST 2006


Hi Stomfi,

The "How to Manage Stack Resizing" tutorial might help you:
This stack explains how to position, scale, etc. all controls in a  
card when the window is resized with the help of the Geometry Manager  
or by scripting.
Tips and tricks, commented scripts, FAQ and example stacks.
Print function included.

You will access this tutorial through "Tutorials Picker" a free  
plugin that interfaces with the So Smart Software website in order to  
display all available tutorials stacks directly from the web.
You will find it by going to http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/.
Revolution/Plugins or Tutorials section.

FYI, 19 tutorials are available through "Tutorials Picker":

How to Monitor a QuickTime Player by Script
How to Download Data from the Internet
How to Manage Stack Resizing
How to Manage Table Fields
How to Display and Manage Ask Dialogs
How to Display and Manage Answer Dialogs
How to Manage Tabbed Buttons
How to Ask for a Password
How to Manage User's Waiting Time
How to Manage Drag and Drop for Files or Folders
How to Fix Stack Decorations
How to build and Manage Dynamic Menus
How to Manage "Snap to" Scrollbars
How to Create Contextual Tooltips on-the-fly
How to Store Images
How to Create and Manage HTML lists
How to Install "Metal Appearance" on All Platforms
How to Change Card Dimensions Smoothly
How to Magnify Images

Le 18 févr. 06 à 23:50, stomfi a écrit :

> I'm using a runrev runtime on a Linux Live CD.
> Depending on the platform, the live CD sets the screen size from  
> the capabilities of the video card, using a frame buffer.
> This can be any valid size from 1200x1024 to 640x480.
>
> I can easily find out the screen size with the xwininfo shell tool.
>
> I want to know how I can tell my runrev windows and all objects on  
> them to scale for these different screen sizes.
>
> I am a real newbie for the under the hood stuff as I use runrev for  
> the GUI bits and do all the information processing with the  
> wonderful Linux shell tools.

Best Regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet
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