Physical Screen Size

Luis luis at anachreon.co.uk
Fri Jan 19 11:53:56 EST 2007


Hmmm, ok. What you could then do is open a dialogue box asking for 
dimensions (17 inch, 19 inch, etc), resolution, type (CRT, LCD or 
Plasma) and dpi. If the dpi is unknown by the user you could try to 
default to the most common dpi for that 'type' of monitor.

Cheers,

Luis.


Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Luis,
> 
> Yup, my main monitor is of the brand "unknown".
> 
> Mark
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> Op 19-jan-2007, om 17:00 heeft Luis het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> Hiya,
>>
>> If you can determine the monitor type you could probe a database of 
>> configurations/resolution/dpi settings etc and then calculate the 
>> image size (using its coordinates) based on this information.
>> I haven't looked into this but I reckon OSX and WXP have these in the 
>> system somewhere (so they can 'plug and play').
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Luis.
>>
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