[SmileyDude]

hi,

I haven't done much of anything with AS (in either classic or X) and I've come across a problem that sounds perfect to solve with a script.

My 4 year old son has a number of classic games that he plays -- these all assume that the monitor is in 640x480, which of course, isn't a normal resolution for X. The games run fine in 800x600 or 1024x768, just with a border around them -- which annoys him greatly.

What I would like to do is to wrap the games with a script that would switch the res to 640x480, launch the game, and then, when the game exits, switch back to 800x600.

Right now, we have to go to the system prefs and change it manually for him -- not too hard, but if he wants to start playing all by himself he can't switch the resolution on his own.

Also, on a related topic, I know that I can make an app start on login -- can I also do launch a script on logout as well?

thanks!

[Angus_D]

Originally posted by SmileyDude:
<STRONG>My 4 year old son has a number of classic games that he plays -- these all assume that the monitor is in 640x480, which of course, isn't a normal resolution for X. The games run fine in 800x600 or 1024x768, just with a border around them -- which annoys him greatly.

What I would like to do is to wrap the games with a script that would switch the res to 640x480, launch the game, and then, when the game exits, switch back to 800x600.</STRONG>

This is be do-able with CoreGraphics, but that's a C API so I'm not sure about scripting.

<STRONG>Also, on a related topic, I know that I can make an app start on login -- can I also do launch a script on logout as well?</STRONG>

You can launch a script, yes. See Mac OS X: System Overview, and look for the LoginHook/LogoutHook references.