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shood35
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Posted: 19th Nov 2009 15:14
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I have a student that just asked me how to resize the window of a GDK Project. He is creating a game and yes the default window size is too small. Is there any way to change the size of a window without stretching its contents. He needs more area for the game. I of course tried the dbScreenWidth and such that doesn't do it.

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_Pauli_
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Posted: 19th Nov 2009 15:58
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dbSetDisplayMode does change the display resolution, and when you are in non-maximized window mode it will size the window.

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LOLdaniel
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Posted: 19th Nov 2009 23:22 Edited at: 20th Nov 2009 22:02
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if you want to make it full screen without stretching everything, the code is



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Ian G
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Posted: 20th Nov 2009 04:01
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As _Pauli_ stated, setting the display mode to a higher res will change the window size accordingly. You can check out the display commands in the GDK documentation to get an idea. You can have full control over the window, idk what effect you're looking for, but you can also create fullscreen apps by dbSetWindowOff (a fullscreen 'window' can be made by maximizing the window and setting its layout to 0,0,0). This thread is kind of cool as it shows how to set up what kind of window you'll have at startup, it needs the latest update of the GDK to work properly however (the variables are pretty self-explanatory) http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=144462&b=22
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shood35
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Thank you all for your ideas and info. I appreciate it.

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shood35
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I believe what I tried before was the dbSetDisplayMode(1024, 768, 32) and what had happened was that it did reset the resolution but it for some reason set it based on a 640x480 window centered in the middle of the screen. Essentially the physical window size was the same 640x480 but it fit more contents in the window which made the contents look much smaller based on the 1024x768. Does that make sense?

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shood35
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Okay 'Ian G' that link you gave rocks. Thanks for it.

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