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[AdmiralAlkex]

The original resolution switcher by HTC works good on earlier Windows, but has two problems on Win8.

• When activated it creates a window telling the current resolution. It is given focus and thus forces Metro back to the desktop.
• It switches between the native 800x480 and 1024x600 which is to low to run Metro apps.

To fix this I started with a simple script that switches to 1152x864 with a window that displays the resolution without grabbing focus.
Later I added some extras:

• Option to skip the window altogether
• Separate resolution in desktop and Metro
• A simple installer/uninstaller for the HTC Shift (or other devices that use a synaptics touchpad in the same matter, check the code).

Code moved to attachment. See next post for screenshots.


 ResSwitch source.rar   11.78K   149 downloads

• The .au3 itself
• Modified _RegFunc.au3 (removed duplicate const's)
• Modified TaskDialog.au3 (removed duplicate const's and commented WinXP (+ earlier) code to reduce file size)

 ResSwitch.rar   332.71K   147 downloads (previous downloads: 51)

• A compiled .exe (if you don't have AutoIt? lol)
• .bat file calling the installer/uninstaller function (optional)
• .ini file containing the standard settings (optional)

Edited by AdmiralAlkex, 25 July 2012 - 01:32 AM.

[AdmiralAlkex]

I made a thread in the HTC Shift subsection at xda-developers, Another resolution changer (the biggest and the only Shift forum I know).
Anyone know of any other forums I should post this in?

Some screenshots:



(notice how the font is smooth as a baby's butt thanks to _GDIPlus_SetTextRenderingHint())

Also, do I get bonus points for the first example script that uses Null? (even if it's just used for my pleasure and is not really needed at all?)

[AdmiralAlkex]

-></( UPDATE )><-

• I changed the script to use the IAppVisibility API to detect Metro instead of the previous kludge. Now also detects Metro apps and not just the Start screen. I don't think I mentioned that limitation before. Oops!
• Does not jump to a lower resolution while in Metro (by default). Metro copes with resolution changes by closing all applications. Very annoying.

I have not done any work on supporting multiple monitors, but it kinda works as long as the internal display is the "main" one.

Download from first post.

[JScript]

Nice work, thanks 4 sharing!
Although I have not tested in Win8...

Regards,

João Carlos.