screen resolution 320x320

[moster67]

Hello - I am new to this forum and I take the occasion to greet you all.

I just got myself a Samsung i780 which is particular since it's using a square resolution, namely 320x320. Being myself a programmer but with no experience in the field of handhelds, smartphones ecc, I decided I'd like try to make a small proggy to execute on my Samsung. I am here because I am looking for development-tools and Basic4PPC seems like a good start.

As mentioned, the Samsung i780 has a screen-resolution of 320x320 which makes it particular (I think there's also a Treo out there with this resolution). I am just wondering if Basic4PPC supports this resolution natively (just like Windows Mobile 6 (pls see: What's New for Developers in Windows Mobile 6) or will I run into problems??

Hope to hear from you.

Rgds,
Moster67

[willisgt]

I've written programs in a variety of resolutions without problems (excepting for VGA devices, which Basic4PPC v.6.3 resolved).

I doubt you'll have problems from a 320x320 device.


Gary

[Erel]

On the device, forms are always resized to the screen's size.
On the desktop you can change the screen size in the visual designer - Tools - Screen Size.

[balcib]

I bought the same device. Since then, I can not use my old programs as they are all resized in Samsung i780. Is there a way to prevent resizing of the forms in device?

Thanks
Bulent

[Erel]

Forms are always maximized to the physical screen size.
One exception is VGA devices where you can choose if you want to use high resolution or low resolution.

[moster67]

Thank you for your inputs.

In order to develop a proggy that can run under different screen-resolutions, how would you proceed?

I would do something as follows (if what I am describing is available in Basic4PPC):

1) Through some function/library, (hopefully already included in Basic4PPC), try to obtain hardware-information which includes screen-resolution.
2) Then I would load the correct skin and buttons by using pre-programmed skins and buttons for that resoltion in use. However perhaps this can be avoided if one could dynamically adjust the skin and buttons at the time of booting up the proggy and if Basic4PPS now supports this (I would do this during the event "form.load" or whatever it is called in Basic4PPC).

Does this make sense?

Rgds,
moster67

Originally Posted by Erel

Forms are always maximized to the physical screen size.
One exception is VGA devices where you can choose if you want to use high resolution or low resolution.

[agraham]

Yes, you will want to do something like this Working with VGA screens

[moster67]

OK - so there's no need to check the hardware to obtain the screen-resolution since the forms are always resized to the to screen's size.

Thanks for the link - I think that I will be able with help of the information therein to proceed further.

rgds,
moster67

Originally Posted by agraham

Yes, you will want to do something like this Working with VGA screens

[RCC2k7]

I used to work with an iPAQ 6515 and then a Treo 750, both of which used a square resolution of 240x240 and both the Basic4ppc IDE and the programs developed ran fine on both devices.

The problem with 320x320 is that it is not a normal WM resolution - it is only supported natively on WM6. It requires some tricky icon resizing and stuff like that as I was reading on the Windows Mobile Team Blog so I wouldn't be surprised if existing B4PPC programs do not display properly. I think your best bet is to start developing on the device itself so you can at least rearrange the UI on your program to display decently.

[moster67]

Many thanks for your advice.

For the time being I am trying to get to grips with the new interface of Basic4PPC and the variations of its BASIC-language. So for the time being I am only developping in the desktop-enviroment but I will keep in mind you advice as to verify the UI directly on the i780.

Rgds,
moster67

Originally Posted by RCC2k7

I used to work with an iPAQ 6515 and then a Treo 750, both of which used a square resolution of 240x240 and both the Basic4ppc IDE and the programs developed ran fine on both devices.

The problem with 320x320 is that it is not a normal WM resolution - it is only supported natively on WM6. It requires some tricky icon resizing and stuff like that as I was reading on the Windows Mobile Team Blog so I wouldn't be surprised if existing B4PPC programs do not display properly. I think your best bet is to start developing on the device itself so you can at least rearrange the UI on your program to display decently.