Using ScaleForResolution=0

Avoid screen resolution problems when moving InTouch applications between computers

If you're using classic InTouch, you've no doubt encountered the problem when editing an application on your development system that was created in a different video resolution. Common these days might be a target application for a screen size of 1280x1024 and a development system running on your wide-screen laptop at 1920x1080.  Nice laptop, by the way.

You always had to be careful when jumping between resolutions, but when you also change aspect ratios to a wide-screen, it's even more difficult.

There are two simple solutions.  One is to switch to using Managed InTouch applications and edit using the ArchestrA IDE. When opening InTouch WindowMaker, and prompted to change resolutions, you can just click 'No', and it lets you edit in the application's native resolution.

The other solution, for classic InTouch users, is to add the line:

ScaleForResolution=0

to the INTOUCH.INI file in your application's folder:
 

When you open the application, you will still be prompted to convert the resolution. Go ahead and click 'Yes'.  It will go through the conversion process,but it will not rescale your graphics. So a 100x100 pixel rectangle in the original application will still be a100x100 pixel rectangle after conversion.

Once you're done editing, you're going to copy your modified application to the original target computer, which had the 1280x1024 resolution in our example.  The modified application will show up in your Application Manager as having your edited 1920x1080 resolution, but don't worry.

Open your InTouch Application Manager and select Tools /Node Properties, then click on the Resolution tab. Select 'Allow WindowViewer to Dynamically Change Resolution', and then select 'Convert to screen video resolution':

When you open the application on your target computer in WindowViewer, it will convert the resolution back to 1280x1024.  But again, no rescaling will take place, so your application looks great.

One more note, you must always be aware of fonts.  If the original application used a font that was installed on one of the computers, but does not exist on the other computer, Windows will 'guess' as a font. And it usually guesses poorly. It's best to confirm that the same fonts already exist.

How do I create a new application on my wide-screen laptop that will be target for a different resolution target computer?

Sorry, no way around it. You must create your original application in that target application resolution. Then you can change your monitor back to your preferred resolution.

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Update:  Starting with InTouch version 10.5 (part of System Platform 2012), you can set a checkbox in WindowMaker to perform this same thing. In WindowMaker, select Special / Configure / WindowMaker.  Check the box 'Lock Window Size'.