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On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 23:17 +0200, Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> On Saturday 31 July 2004 21:32, John C. Valentino wrote:
> > My program uses the following code, and I have found that whenever
> the set_gfx_mode is GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED and at the same resolution as
> my windows desktop, the program crashes and gives me access violations.
>
> Always check the return value of set_gfx_mode().
> This is a known problem (at least, I knew about it): Allegro cannot (in
> Windows) create a window that is larger than the desktop (the window frame
> and title bar add to the size of the window).
> The only workaround I have been able to find is to reduce the size of the
> window. You can uset the get_desktop_resolution function to query the size
> of the desktop.
>
> Now, if someone knows of a way to change this behavior, I'm all for it.
>
Oh, I didn't know this is known. The same works in X11 without problems.
We should put in on the TODO. I don't think it's generally impossible to
have windows bigger than the desktop in Windows.. so must be some bug.
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Elias Pschernig