Re : change screen resolution problem

[lykeat]

Hi there, i'm new in vb and now i'm using a script found in this forum, that is change the screen resolution to 800x600. I found that if i change the screen from 1024x768, the task bar will not display out and even the screen resolution alreay change, but the whole screen just like remain as 1024x768 ,some of the bottom and right part of the screen will not display, just like the windows scroll bar on the right. I had trie in win98 and winXP, both also face the same problem. Below is the script, can any one just help me to modify it.

Const EWX_LOGOFF = 0
Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1
Const EWX_REBOOT = 2
Const EWX_FORCE = 4
Const CCDEVICENAME = 32
Const CCFORMNAME = 32
Const DM_BITSPERPEL = &H40000
Const DM_PELSWIDTH = &H80000
Const DM_PELSHEIGHT = &H100000
Const CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY = &H1
Const CDS_TEST = &H4
Const DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL = 0
Const DISP_CHANGE_RESTART = 1
Const BITSPIXEL = 12
Private Type DEVMODE
dmDeviceName As String * CCDEVICENAME
dmSpecVersion As Integer
dmDriverVersion As Integer
dmSize As Integer
dmDriverExtra As Integer
dmFields As Long
dmOrientation As Integer
dmPaperSize As Integer
dmPaperLength As Integer
dmPaperWidth As Integer
dmScale As Integer
dmCopies As Integer
dmDefaultSource As Integer
dmPrintQuality As Integer
dmColor As Integer
dmDuplex As Integer
dmYResolution As Integer
dmTTOption As Integer
dmCollate As Integer
dmFormName As String * CCFORMNAME
dmUnusedPadding As Integer
dmBitsPerPel As Integer
dmPelsWidth As Long
dmPelsHeight As Long
dmDisplayFlags As Long
dmDisplayFrequency As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function EnumDisplaySettings Lib "user32" Alias "EnumDisplaySettingsA" (ByVal lpszDeviceName As Long, ByVal iModeNum As Long, lpDevMode As Any) As Boolean
Private Declare Function ChangeDisplaySettings Lib "user32" Alias "ChangeDisplaySettingsA" (lpDevMode As Any, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "user32" (ByVal uFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateDC Lib "gdi32" Alias "CreateDCA" (ByVal lpDriverName As String, ByVal lpDeviceName As String, ByVal lpOutput As String, ByVal lpInitData As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteDC Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Dim OldX As Long, OldY As Long, nDC As Long
Sub ChangeRes(X As Long, Y As Long, Bits As Long)
Dim DevM As DEVMODE, ScInfo As Long, erg As Long, an As VbMsgBoxResult
'Get the info into DevM
erg = EnumDisplaySettings(0&, 0&, DevM)
'This is what we're going to change
DevM.dmFields = DM_PELSWIDTH Or DM_PELSHEIGHT Or DM_BITSPERPEL
DevM.dmPelsWidth = X 'ScreenWidth
DevM.dmPelsHeight = Y 'ScreenHeight
DevM.dmBitsPerPel = Bits '(can be 8, 16, 24, 32 or even 4)
'Now change the display and check if possible
erg = ChangeDisplaySettings(DevM, CDS_TEST)
'Check if succesfull
Select Case erg&
Case DISP_CHANGE_RESTART
an = MsgBox("You've to reboot", vbYesNo + vbSystemModal, "Info&quot
If an = vbYes Then
erg& = ExitWindowsEx(EWX_REBOOT, 0&)
End If
Case DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL
erg = ChangeDisplaySettings(DevM, CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY)
ScInfo = Y * 2 ^ 16 + X
'Notify all the windows of the screen resolution change
SendMessage HWND_BROADCAST, WM_DISPLAYCHANGE, ByVal Bits, ByVal ScInfo
Case Else
MsgBox "Graphics card not compatible", vbOKOnly + vbSystemModal, "Error"
End Select
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim nDC As Long
'retrieve the screen's resolution
OldX = Screen.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
OldY = Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
'Create a device context, compatible with the screen
nDC = CreateDC("DISPLAY", vbNullString, vbNullString, ByVal 0&)
'Change the screen's resolution
ChangeRes 800, 600, GetDeviceCaps(nDC, BITSPIXEL)
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
'restore the screen resolution
ChangeRes OldX, OldY, GetDeviceCaps(nDC, BITSPIXEL)
'delete our device context
DeleteDC nDC
End Sub


Regards,
Henry

 

[ca8msm]

The above example was taken from AllAPI.net (

http://www.mentalis.org/apilist/ChangeDisplaySettings.shtml#)

and after a quick try it seems to be OK if you minimize and then maximise your windows again. I guess it is because the windows don't change resoltion - it's just the screen which is displaying them changes resolution.

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[lykeat]

Ya, correct but the task bar also will not display out, only the windows can fix. And another thins is i'm running another application which run in full screen, it cannot made it minimize and then maximise again because it's no have any windows, is all in full screen. So, the solution not suitale for me, is there any example that will change the screen and also all the screen/windows change correctly?

Regards,
Henry