how can you detect user's screen resolution from .exe?

[Sir Patroclo]

Hi, it's me again:

I made this 800 x 600 movie, and set it up to be a stand alone projector... I need to know the resolution of the user's screen so I can go fullscreen on 800 x 600 and leave the size alone if the resolution is higher...

Greetings to all

Sir Patroclo

[farafiro]

trace(System.capabilities.screenDPI)
trace(System.capabilities.screenResolutionX)
trace(System.capabilities.screenResolutionY)

[Sir Patroclo]

Thanx Farafiro.
I received a similar answer in the Flashkit forums last night, and worked out a simple code that other newbies could find useful:
This goes in the first frame of the movie:

//here you declare the variable "X" wich is the horizontal resolution of the user's monitor

X = System.capabilities.screenResolutionX;


//here you set an if statement, where the movie goes fullscreen only if the value of X is equal to 800, as in "800 x 600"

if (x==800) {
fscommand("fullscreen", "true");
} else {
stop();
}

Hope this helps someone else

Sir Patroclo

[farafiro]

but u should keep in mind also that the fscommand only works in a standalone movies only (not over the web)

[sintax321]

What would the code look like for a SWF and not a exe? :confused:

[pom]

Same thing. :D Because it is the same thing. Only offline.

pom :D