Re: Strange Video Problem
Sorry, I didn't catch that part. Is there anything below the text that
might be offset over it? Again, just guessing, but you never know what
suggestion is going to trigger and "aha" moment.
Tom
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Could it be that the "one monitor" has one less scan line or the other
monitors are just overscanning? This is probably a stretch, but you're
right it shouldn't make any difference between monitors. I don't know
how exact the specifications on monitors are.
Perhaps you could tweak the monitor to pull it up veritically?
The last line of text is not displayed adjacent to the last row of screen
pixels. The bottom of the last line of text is at least 50 pixels above
the last row of screen pixels.
Tom
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I created a program for use at a tradeshow and it has a strange video
problem. It displays properly on several video monitors all set to 1024
by 768 by 32. The program automatically sets its video mode so I can
count on the 1024 by 768.
The strange problem is the last line of text that is displayed on the
screen seems to be missing the bottom row of pixels. It only does this
on one monitor, all of the other monitors it looks fine. I create the
font based on pixel height rather than point size. How can there be a
problem like this that only effects one monitor? The monitor in question
is a large plasma display.
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