Scaling

[johnno56]

I happened to be resurrecting some 'old' QB programs, mainly dealing with particles, and noticed an annoying recurrence. Most of them use a screen size of around 320x200+...  On my screen, 1920x1080, it seems to be no bigger than a business card in comparison...

My question is; Does QB64 have an inbuilt function to scale the size of the image so that the 320x240 display can 'stretched' to fit a larger screen? It is not an issue or a big deal. I am just curious to know.

J

[SMcNeill]

I happened to be resurrecting some 'old' QB programs, mainly dealing with particles, and noticed an annoying recurrence. Most of them use a screen size of around 320x200+...  On my screen, 1920x1080, it seems to be no bigger than a business card in comparison...

My question is; Does QB64 have an inbuilt function to scale the size of the image so that the 320x240 display can 'stretched' to fit a larger screen? It is not an issue or a big deal. I am just curious to know.

J

$RESIZE is what you're looking for.

[SMcNeill]

Quick demo: 

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. $Resize:Smooth
2. Screen 13
3. Print "Hello SCALING World!"
4. Do
5.     _Limit 30
6. Loop Until _KeyDown(27)
7. System
8.  

Compile.  Run.  Grab corner of screen with mouse and drag to desired size so you can see what's on the screen. 

[johnno56]

Thank you, Steve. The demo did as advertised... Cool... Now to find those old programs again....

Much appreciated.

J