Hi Everyone,
I'm quite sure that it is not possible to change the screen resolution from within a running java program. The problem is that my boss won't believe it until he reads it in the spec. Does anyone out there know where to find a anything about it the specs?
Thanks in advance
jan
A specification of something is usually specifying what that thing is about. I think it will take you a long time trying to find a specification of what Java is not about.
To answer your question : I have never come across the kind of functionality you are looking for in the API, so I don't think it is possible.
Hi! The screen resolution is a function of the underlying OS and cannot be changed from a Java program, unless one resorts to JNI. However, the screen resolution can be retrieved from a Java program. Look at the docs for the getScreenSize() and getScreenResolution() methods in the java.awt.Toolkit packges. Note that these methods are abstract. The actual implementation depends upon the vendor.
Perhaps you can ask your boss to search the Java docs for methods that allow Java code to change the resolution w/o resorting to JNI. We'll all be glad to know! :-)
Hope this helps!
Cheers!
