Control the monitor resolution.

[tony lu]

How can I control client's monitor resolution for my application? for example, my application only runs in 800*600, for ther higher , it will change the resolution or center it; for the lower, it won't run.

any hint is appreciated.

tony

[Nathan Pruett]

Tony,
Why (and how?) are you chaning the client's monitor resolution? Why not have your application change its display to fit in the clients resolution... I know that GridBagLayout (although it is a pain to use...) was basically made for this kind of thing... It moves components around in a set way as the application size changes. Most of the other layout managers can do this to some extent too... although the results are not as well controlled as GridBagLayout...
HTH,
-Nate

[tony lu]

Actually, I am developing games, I want players only see my game when he/she start my application. at least , I have to get the monitor resolution , and make my application to cover the whole desktop.

[Manfred Leonhardt]

Tony,
You can not control your client's monitor resolution. You can however query the resolution and alter your application to execute correctly under it. You should never write ANY application that automatically changes anything on the client side. They didn't name it that for nothing!
The following code can be used to get the screen size:

  Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
  System.out.println("Width: " + screenSize.width + " Height: " + screenSize.height);

Enjoy,
Manfred.

[tony lu]

Thank you very much, I will have a try.