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Getting screen size from old MODE command |
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MrTAToad (11:59 16/12/2012)
Stoppers (15:51 16/12/2012)
MrTAToad (16:51 16/12/2012)
swirlythingy (19:32 16/12/2012)
MrTAToad (20:26 16/12/2012)
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Nicholas Kingsley |
Message #121670, posted by MrTAToad at 11:59, 16/12/2012 |
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My development work has now started with relish 
One slight oddity though - I'm setting the screen mode using the old mode value and then attempt to read the screen width and height back :
int *modeBlock;
// Old mode system
inreg.r[0]=0;
inreg.r[1]=sW;
_kernel_swi(OS_ScreenMode,&inreg,&outreg);
// Get the screen resolution
inreg.r[0]=1;
_kernel_swi(OS_ScreenMode,&inreg,&outreg);
modeBlock=(int *) outreg.r[1];
printf("Screen Width : %d Screen Height : %d\n",(int) modeBlock[1],(int) modeBlock[2]);
But for some reason screen width & height is a large negative number and not the proper screen size.
Is this a limitation of using RPCEmu or am I doing something wrong ?
By the way, I've Sourcery up and running (took a bit of effort to get it to use the correct GCC), but it does work fine now, with the expect of the library window always crashing when clicking on "Apply"
[Edited by MrTAToad at 12:08, 16/12/2012]
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Simon Willcocks |
Message #121671, posted by Stoppers at 15:51, 16/12/2012, in reply to message #121670 |
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// Get the screen resolution
inreg.r[0]=1;
_kernel_swi(OS_ScreenMode,&inreg,&outreg);
modeBlock=(int *) outreg.r[1];
printf("Screen Width : %d Screen Height : %d\n",(int) modeBlock[1],(int) modeBlock[2]);
But for some reason screen width & height is a large negative number and not the proper screen size.
PRM 5a-133: "If the current screen mode was selected by a mode number then that mode number is
returned; otherwise a pointer to a mode selector is returned."
Might OS_ReadModeVariable not be a better choice? |
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Nicholas Kingsley |
Message #121672, posted by MrTAToad at 16:51, 16/12/2012, in reply to message #121671 |
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Thanks for that. It does look like OS_ReadModeVariable will be needed... |
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Martin Bazley |
Message #121677, posted by swirlythingy at 19:32, 16/12/2012, in reply to message #121672 |
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If you want to read more than one mode variable at once, you can use OS_ReadVDUVariables. Just enter a mode variable number instead of a VDU variable number. |
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Nicholas Kingsley |
Message #121679, posted by MrTAToad at 20:26, 16/12/2012, in reply to message #121671 |
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That works fine - great! |
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