I would like to know if it is possible to control/change screen resolution
from within FileMaker Pro Dev 7. Where I work, the default res is 800x600.
The solution I am working on really requires 1024x768. I am aware that FMP7
can *return* the current screen values, but I want to automatically change
it to/from 1024 on opening, and back to the original res upon application
exit. The user should not have to do anything. (I have several users who
refuse to learn how, but that is a separate topic!!)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

John M Canino
Computer User Support Analyst 2
Oregon Health & Science University: NICU
Portland, OR, USA
Voice 503-494-7694   Fax 503-494-6339

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 05:31:31 -0800, "John Canino" <caninoj@ohsu.edu>
wrote:

>I would like to know if it is possible to control/change screen resolution
>from within FileMaker Pro Dev 7. Where I work, the default res is 800x600.
>The solution I am working on really requires 1024x768. I am aware that FMP7
>can *return* the current screen values, but I want to automatically change
>it to/from 1024 on opening, and back to the original res upon application
>exit. The user should not have to do anything. (I have several users who
>refuse to learn how, but that is a separate topic!!)
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
>John M Canino
>Computer User Support Analyst 2
>Oregon Health & Science University: NICU
>Portland, OR, USA
>Voice 503-494-7694   Fax 503-494-6339

Yo Johnny - it's me - Shawn! Send me an email - let's catch up. I have
missed seeing you. Email: igotoxs@comcast.net

In article <cv4qnk$juk$1@fremont.ohsu.edu>, "John Canino"
<caninoj@ohsu.edu> wrote:

> I would like to know if it is possible to control/change screen resolution
> from within FileMaker Pro Dev 7. Where I work, the default res is 800x600.
> The solution I am working on really requires 1024x768. I am aware that FMP7
> can *return* the current screen values, but I want to automatically change
> it to/from 1024 on opening, and back to the original res upon application
> exit. The user should not have to do anything. (I have several users who
> refuse to learn how, but that is a separate topic!!)
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I'm not certain about FileMaker 7, but it's not possible in any other
version of FileMaker to change system settings such as screen
resolution, sound volume, etc. FileMaker is not a 'programming
environment' in that sort of sense - it's a 'database development
package'.

That's in standard, off-the-shelf FileMaker. There are workarounds such
as using AppleScript on the Mac and something similar on Windows. There
may even be a plug-in around that does it too, but I can't recall ever
seeing one myself.



Helpful Harry                   
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)

In article <190220051101456187%helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com>, 
helpful_harry@nom.de.plume.com says...
> In article <cv4qnk$juk$1@fremont.ohsu.edu>, "John Canino"
> <caninoj@ohsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I would like to know if it is possible to control/change screen resolution
> > from within FileMaker Pro Dev 7. Where I work, the default res is 800x600.
> > The solution I am working on really requires 1024x768. I am aware that FMP7
> > can *return* the current screen values, but I want to automatically change
> > it to/from 1024 on opening, and back to the original res upon application
> > exit. The user should not have to do anything. (I have several users who
> > refuse to learn how, but that is a separate topic!!)
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
> 
> I'm not certain about FileMaker 7, but it's not possible in any other
> version of FileMaker to change system settings such as screen
> resolution, sound volume, etc. FileMaker is not a 'programming
> environment' in that sort of sense - it's a 'database development
> package'.
> 
> That's in standard, off-the-shelf FileMaker. There are workarounds such
> as using AppleScript on the Mac and something similar on Windows. There
> may even be a plug-in around that does it too, but I can't recall ever
> seeing one myself.
> 
> 
> 
> Helpful Harry                   
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)
> 

Yeah, definately not within FM7. But it should be possible to invoke an 
external program to do it. That said, I wouldn't. Business apps 
shouldn't change the resolution on they're own.

Can you imagine if Word switched you to 800x600, and then filemaker 
switched you to 1024x768, and then Simply accounting dropped you to 
640x480. For games its ok, because they are full screen and don't really 
multitask, for productitivity apps its bad form.

If I were you I'd display a message saying that its designed for 
1024x768 or higher, and leave it at that.

-regards