mfc, Display Resolution

1. Change Display Resolution

2. Display's Resolution

I using MFC and I want to know if there is a way to get the display 
screen resolution(s) without using DirectX. I just what to read it. I don 
what to change it.

3. Font size in different display resolutions - Borland C++ Builder VCL Components

4. What is the event we get on Display resolution changed?

hi,
can any body tell what Message we get when the display resolution is
changed?

                                                      regard Tony

5. Forms and resolution independent display - CSharp/C#

6. Interface guidelines for multi resolution display

I know this isn't really an MFC issue, but since the desired solution must 
be implemented with MFC, any ideas that already take into account MFC 
strengths and weaknesses would be appreciated.

Without boring you with too many details, here is the requirement.

We have a kiosk type environment running about 30 applications. The kiosk 
screen is small (640x480) and the apps were designed to fit. The apps have 
to allow editing of about 200-300 values which are logically grouped into 
categories. We use an SDI app, which hosts about 6 or 7 different views, 
each view representing a major category. The views are selectable through a 
toolbar. Then each view consists of several (Property)pages, each of which 
represents a subcategory. Some values are edited directly within edit boxes, 
some are represented by drop downs or radio groups. Each page also has a 
corner reserved for help bitmaps and text. This leaves enough room for about 
17 values per page maximum. So far so good.

Now we are switching to a larger screen (1220x1024). If we run our app 
without any changes then it fails to utilise all the screen real estate. If 
we maximise it then all that happens is that we get a lovely grey border to 
the right and bottom of the pages, which also fails to use the space.

My questions is:

What ideas do people have for improoving our app layout so that we can 
better use the increased screen size, given that we will have to support 
updates on both large and small screen for the foreseeable future and also, 
that I don't want to maintain parallel versions of the same product - one 
for big screen and one for small screen. Or that I don't want to have two 
sets of dialogs in each app (if possible).

I considered some kind of expanding tree structure, since the data is 
well-organised along these lines already. This means that the big screen 
version would see more of the tree whereas the small screen users would "see 
life through a letter-box". Does anyone have a favourite control that fits 
the bill? Or better still some fresh ideas? Or examples of existing apps 
that tackle a similar problem?

cheers,

KMA

7. Resolution of secondary display

8. Load and display multi-resolution icon - Follow-up

Dear Asger/all,

Well, here's an oddity:
1. Create a new application.
2. On the form dump a 16x16 TImage.
3. Add a TOpenDialog.
4. Add a button and crate an OnClick event handler.

If you put in the code below, which loads the TImage with the 
correctly-sized icon (IconFile.ico is a multiresolution icon file) and 
assigns the OpenDialog to the ButtonClick handler, everything should compile 
fine. Run it and all seems good (the icon should load at the correct size).

Now click the button - the OpenFile Dialog opens, but no icons are 
displayed. Weird. Odder, if the last line in the constructor is commented 
out (So TImageList is not deleted), then the Open File dialog works fine and 
displays its icons ok.

I'd be grateful if anyone has any views on why the deletion of an 
arbitrarily named TImageList should screw up the Open Dialog.

ATB

John B

The code:

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
__fastcall TForm1::TForm1(TComponent* Owner)
  : TForm(Owner)
{
  TIcon *testIcon = new TIcon;
  TImageList *XImageList = new TImageList(this);

  SHFILEINFO Info = {0};

  XImageList->Handle = SHGetFileInfo("IconFile.ico", 0, &Info, 
sizeof(SHFILEINFO ),
  SHGFI_SMALLICON| SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX);

  XImageList->GetIcon(Info.iIcon, testIcon);
  Image1->Picture->Assign(testIcon);

  if(testIcon) delete testIcon;
  if(XImageList) delete XImageList;

}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
  OpenDialog1->Execute();
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------