from a Windows system, this can be automated pretty easily, too. Here's a WSH script that will return the info in an array if you ever need to peak at the resolutions used automatically.
'GetVNCDims.vbs Dims = VNCDeskDim("192.168.1.3:5800") Wscript.Echo Dims(0),Dims(1) Function VNCDeskDim(sHost) sData = StringHTMLViaXML ("http://" & sHost) aDat0 = Split(sData,vbLf) aDat1 = Split(Replace(aDat0(1),">","")) for x = 3 to 4 ExecuteGlobal aDat1(x) next VNCDeskDim = array(width, height - 32) End Function Function StringHTMLViaXML(sURL) ' Create an xmlhttp object: Dim oXml Set oXml = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") ' Opens the connection to the remote server. oXml.open "GET",sURL, false ' Actually Sends the request and returns the data: oXml.send Do wscript.sleep 10 Loop While oXml.ReadyState<>4 StringHTMLViaXML = oXml.responseText End Function ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beerse, Corni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-05-21 02:36 Subject: RE: How to find server desktop size? > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shing-Fat Fred Ma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Is there a way to determine what the -geometry specification > > was when vncserver was started (possibly many moons > > ago)? This information doesn't seem to be in the log file. > > > > Yes, there is: Connect your browser to the server > (http://vncservermachine:5800/) and have a look in the html source > (View->PageSource). There it shows the height and width of the java applet > in which the javaviewer will run: > > <APPLET CODE=vncviewer.class ARCHIVE=vncviewer.jar WIDTH=800 HEIGHT=632> > > The widht is the same as the viewer width (here 800). > The height is about 32 points less than the viewer height (here 632 - 32 = > 600). > > > > CBee > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------