Yes, and that is what I did eventually. What I decided to do at any rate is assume 110 PPI for MacOS and 96 PPI for Windows. Not sure what Linux is or if there is anything such as a standard.
My goal is to create a popup menu for selecting stack/card size when creating a new stack. Bob S > On Jul 26, 2023, at 11:44 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi. > > The “screenrect” gives you the factor required directly. If you measure the > actual width, say, of the screen and divide that into the difference between > item 3 and item 1 of the screenRect, you will get the number of pixels per > inch. > > Craig > >> On Jul 26, 2023, at 2:23 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> I am trying to convert size in inches to size in pixels given a certain >> monitor in use. To do that I need to obtain the DPI of the current monitor. >> So for example let’s say I want to set the card size to 4x6 in inches. The >> monitor may be 72 dpi, 96 dpi or something else depending on the resolution. >> Is there an LC way to do this, or will I have to use terminal to grok it? >> >> Bob S >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
