#1442 "-fullscreen" Command line option from client

[PriNet]

I have tried every variation of:

"C:\Program Files\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe" "192.168.0.1" -password=xxxxxx -fullscreen

in a windows shortcut that I can think of; moving the quotes around, changing order, etc. etc. and can not get the vnc connection to open in full screen mode (no error pop ups or other error is indicated) instead of windowed mode. All the documentation indicates that this is possible. I know that once the window is opened/started I can use {Control}{Alternate}{Shift}F (some suggest the F8 key, but I either have that turned off or it doesn't work) to switch full screen back and forth, but I keep reading in (several) documents that I should be able to use the -fullscreen option in the command line. It would be a lot simplier in my situation to have the TightVNC window open in full screen mode (security cameras) rather than have to click the fullscreen button or use the {Control}{Alternate}{Shift}F combination after the window opens. Please advise... Am I doing something wrong ? Or, has this feature been overlooked ?

[Robert Bartgis]

Yes, you're doing something wrong. The correct syntax is -fullscreen=yes

Yes, that's uninitutive. The documentation would seem to be rather lacking. I had to look in the source code.

The way the code processes the -fullscreen option in the source code makes perfect sense . . . its behavior just doesn't make sense to end users. Fortunately, it would be a trivial fix to make. Unfortunately. I'm not associated with this project, so I can't make the change.

The change, if you're wondering, would be to change, in tvnviewer/ViewerCmdLine.cpp, line 338 from bool isFullScreen = false; to bool isFullScreen = true; and (for completeness) on line 342 add else if (m_options[FULL_SCREEN] == NO) { isFullScreen = false; }.