Visual Basic, Full screen application?

Full screen application?

Author	Message
Jude Kell #1 / 8	Full screen application? Hi there, I was wondering if you guys knew how to make a VB application appear as a 'full screen' display without the windows look. I'm not just looking for a maximized window, but rather something similar to the old Quickbasic display. Is this possible? I'm writing a program for a vertically oriented monitor (normal monitor turned sideways) and any normal windows looking stuff will look funny. Also, is it possible to rotate windows (forms) 90 degrees? That would be real handy for this application.. Thanks in advance! -Jude
Wed, 08 Sep 2004 02:49:57 GMT

Mike William #2 / 8	Full screen application? Quote: > Hi there, > I was wondering if you guys knew how to make a VB application appear as a > 'full screen' display without the windows look. I'm not just looking for > a maximized window, but rather something similar to the old Quickbasic > display. Is this possible? Set the Form's Borderstyle property to None and its Windowstate property to maximized. As for rotating a Form 90 degrees, I don't think it can be done (although somebody here might prove me wrong!). You can certainly draw your display in that orientation, if you wish, but you won't be able to use any of the standard VB controls in that oprientation. You should be able to simulate much of what you need, though, because you can draw boxes and shapes and print text in whatever orientation you wish. If you want to give the user simple text editing facilities on a "90 degree rotated monitor" then you can do it, but you will need to write a lot of code! If this is for a distributable application then you don't have much choice, but if it is for a "one off" stand alone application (for your own use or for a certain specialised use) then you could always purchase a monitor that has the capability of being used in that orientation (there are some available, I believe). You rotate the monitor 90 degrees and push a switch or something and the monitor hardware then displays everything "the right way up" in that orientation. Mike
Wed, 08 Sep 2004 03:45:51 GMT

Doug Ros #3 / 8	Full screen application? Real fullscreen is done with the ChangeDisplaySettings API. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/devcons_7gz7.asp?frame=true Quote: > Hi there, > I was wondering if you guys knew how to make a VB application appear as a > 'full screen' display without the windows look. I'm not just looking for > a maximized window, but rather something similar to the old Quickbasic > display. Is this possible? > I'm writing a program for a vertically oriented monitor (normal monitor > turned sideways) and any normal windows looking stuff will look funny. > Also, is it possible to rotate windows (forms) 90 degrees? That would be > real handy for this application.. > Thanks in advance! > -Jude
Wed, 08 Sep 2004 03:58:19 GMT

J Fren #4 / 8	Full screen application? Not sure about rotating the Forms - but rotating the print is very possible. Mike Williams will probably spot this and post his example Full screen is pretty easy - just set the size of the Form - no Title, Border etc and you are off. Quote: >Hi there, >I was wondering if you guys knew how to make a VB application appear as a >'full screen' display without the windows look. I'm not just looking for >a maximized window, but rather something similar to the old Quickbasic >display. Is this possible? >I'm writing a program for a vertically oriented monitor (normal monitor >turned sideways) and any normal windows looking stuff will look funny. >Also, is it possible to rotate windows (forms) 90 degrees? That would be >real handy for this application.. >Thanks in advance! >-Jude
Wed, 08 Sep 2004 04:23:02 GMT

Jude Kell #5 / 8	Full screen application? Thanks for all the suggestions! The application iteself is quite simple, no text editing required thankfully--just displaying a few pictures and some text. Should be a snap. Thanks again, -Jude
Thu, 09 Sep 2004 10:02:10 GMT

Alex K. Angelopoulo #6 / 8	Full screen application? I think you may have grabbed the wrong API ref - ChangeDisplaySettings is used to control bpp, resolution, and refresh rate. : Real fullscreen is done with the ChangeDisplaySettings API. : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/devcons_7gz7.asp?frame=true : : : > Hi there, : > : > I was wondering if you guys knew how to make a VB application appear as a : > 'full screen' display without the windows look. I'm not just looking for : > a maximized window, but rather something similar to the old Quickbasic : > display. Is this possible? : > : > I'm writing a program for a vertically oriented monitor (normal monitor : > turned sideways) and any normal windows looking stuff will look funny. : > Also, is it possible to rotate windows (forms) 90 degrees? That would be : > real handy for this application.. : > : > Thanks in advance! : > : > -Jude : > : :
Thu, 09 Sep 2004 19:52:19 GMT

Doug Ros #7 / 8	Full screen application? Nope. See CDS_FULLSCREEN for the dwFlags parameter. See EnumDisplaySettings to get valid modes. If you want the same resolution, colour depth, etc as the desktop, don't change them! I do recall however that the OP wanted to be able to change this stuff, and specifically doesn't want to use a maximized window. I think you may have grabbed the wrong API ref - ChangeDisplaySettings is used to control bpp, resolution, and refresh rate. : Real fullscreen is done with the ChangeDisplaySettings API. : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/devcons_7gz7.asp?frame=true : : : > Hi there, : > : > I was wondering if you guys knew how to make a VB application appear as a : > 'full screen' display without the windows look. I'm not just looking for : > a maximized window, but rather something similar to the old Quickbasic : > display. Is this possible? : > : > I'm writing a program for a vertically oriented monitor (normal monitor : > turned sideways) and any normal windows looking stuff will look funny. : > Also, is it possible to rotate windows (forms) 90 degrees? That would be : > real handy for this application.. : > : > Thanks in advance! : > : > -Jude : > : :
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:51:44 GMT

Alex K. Angelopoulo #8 / 8	Full screen application? Ahah... I didn't understand that - and I'm used to the "new improved" MSDN sometimes leaving a bogus URL shown... Quote: > Nope. See CDS_FULLSCREEN for the dwFlags parameter. See > EnumDisplaySettings to get valid modes. If you want the same resolution, > colour depth, etc as the desktop, don't change them! I do recall however > that the OP wanted to be able to change this stuff, and specifically doesn't > want to use a maximized window. > I think you may have grabbed the wrong API ref - ChangeDisplaySettings is > used to control bpp, resolution, and refresh rate. > : Real fullscreen is done with the ChangeDisplaySettings API. > : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/devcons_7gz7.asp?frame=true > : > : > : > Hi there, > : > > : > I was wondering if you guys knew how to make a VB application appear as > a > : > 'full screen' display without the windows look. I'm not just looking > for > : > a maximized window, but rather something similar to the old Quickbasic > : > display. Is this possible? > : > > : > I'm writing a program for a vertically oriented monitor (normal monitor > : > turned sideways) and any normal windows looking stuff will look funny. > : > Also, is it possible to rotate windows (forms) 90 degrees? That would > be > : > real handy for this application.. > : > > : > Thanks in advance! > : > > : > -Jude > : > > : > :
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 06:55:43 GMT

Page 1 of 1

[ 8 post ]