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[GD-Windows] set display mode - refresh rate problem

[Ivan-Assen I. <as...@ha...>]

Hello,

It turned out we do the wrong way something as simple as resolution switching,
enumerating the display modes at the desired resolution,
then switching to the last of them - which, if you have a good
videocard on a crappy non-configured monitor, results in
out of synch black screen.

I found something with Google about supplying 
ChangeDisplaySettings with "0" or "1" instead of hertz value
for the refresh rate, which supposedly sets some kind of "default",
but I can't find any official documentation on it.

How do you handle display mode switching?

regards,
Assen

RE: [GD-Windows] set display mode - refresh rate problem

[Jon W. <hp...@mi...>]

> then switching to the last of them - which, if you have a good
> videocard on a crappy non-configured monitor, results in
> out of synch black screen.

I get the hertz rate of the monitor when the app starts, and then when 
I switch resolution, I try to find the same rate at the new resolution, 
or one that's lower.

Cheers,

				/ h+

Re: [GD-Windows] set display mode - refresh rate problem

[Ken P. <ke...@dr...>]

G'day!

There's no mention of it in the ChangeDisplaySettings but if you look up 
the DEVMODE structure it has this:

dmDisplayFrequency
Specifies the frequency, in hertz (cycles per second), of the display 
device in a particular mode. This value is also known as the display 
device's vertical refresh rate. Display drivers use this member. It is 
used, for example, in the ChangeDisplaySettings function. Printer drivers 
do not use this member.
When you call the EnumDisplaySettings function, the dmDisplayFrequency 
member may return with the value 0 or 1. These values represent the display 
hardware's default refresh rate. This default rate is typically set by 
switches on a display card or computer motherboard, or by a configuration 
program that does not use display functions such as ChangeDisplaySettings.


While that implies that 0 or 1 are valid, it doesn't guarantee it's safe 
unless the enumeration returns a 0 or 1.  I suppose you could try the mode 
and show it for 10-15 seconds, then ask the user if it was visible. You'd 
only have to do it once with a config utility (tho offer the option to 
re-run the config if they change hardware) and save your safe values.  It's 
not an uncommon thing in Display Settings config utilities.

Stay Casual,

Ken

At 07:54 AM 8/19/2002, Ivan-Assen Ivanov wrote:
>Hello,
>
>It turned out we do the wrong way something as simple as resolution switching,
>enumerating the display modes at the desired resolution,
>then switching to the last of them - which, if you have a good
>videocard on a crappy non-configured monitor, results in
>out of synch black screen.
>
>I found something with Google about supplying
>ChangeDisplaySettings with "0" or "1" instead of hertz value
>for the refresh rate, which supposedly sets some kind of "default",
>but I can't find any official documentation on it.
>
>How do you handle display mode switching?
>
>regards,
>Assen
>
>
>
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