This screen mode selector shows a list of common video modes found on desktop and laptops graphics cards, and some square modes. It has full mouse support. It also has the ability to filter video modes for a specific aspect ratio.
Some of you might have seen this in my previous graphics program. I’m now releasing it as a library.
It’s a two-part library that can be plugged into any program (using $INCLUDE). It’s two-part because it contains definitions at the start of the program, and subroutines. Originally, $INCLUDE was made for compiled libraries, so there’s no default support to include QuickBASIC code inside them, which is just what I’ve done. Therefore you need two text files included at different locations in a graphics program.
Example(s)
Example BAS Code: SelectResolution.BAS Demo example should be compiled by QB64 only.
DEFINT A-Z
'$INCLUDE: 'selectResolution.bi'
PRINT "This is screen mode 0. Select another screen mode after pressing a key."
PRINT "Press any key..."
i$ = INPUT$(1)
selectResolution 4, width, height
IF width = 0 THEN
PRINT
PRINT "ESC pressed. Exiting."
END
END IF
SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(width, height, 32) ' '
PRINT "This is your selected screen"
PRINT "mode. Press any key to select"
PRINT "another mode. To demonstrate"
PRINT "that it keeps your screen mode"
PRINT "in case you cancel, press ESC"
PRINT "when selecting a mode."
i$ = INPUT$(1)
selectResolution 4, width, height
IF width = 0 THEN
PRINT
PRINT "ESC pressed. Exiting."
END
END IF
SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(width, height, 32)
PRINT "This is your selected screen mode."
PRINT "Press any key to end."
i$ = INPUT$(1)
'$INCLUDE: 'selectResolution.bm'
$INCLUDE the .bi file on top of your program and the .bm file at the bottom, after your own SUBs.
To create the BI and BM files, copy them to Notepad and Save as ALL FILES with appropriate filename extensions!
SelectResolution.bi Code:
'#########################################################################################
'# Resolution selector v1.2 (include at top of program code)
'# By Zom-B
'#########################################################################################
videoaspect:
DATA "all aspect",15
DATA "4:3",11
DATA "16:10",10
DATA "16:9",14
DATA "5:4",13
DATA "3:2",12
DATA "5:3",9
DATA "1:1",7
DATA "other",8
DATA ,
videomodes:
DATA 256,256,7
DATA 320,240,1
DATA 400,300,1
DATA 512,384,1
DATA 512,512,7
DATA 640,480,1
DATA 720,540,1
DATA 768,576,1
DATA 800,480,2
DATA 800,600,1
DATA 854,480,3
DATA 1024,600,8
DATA 1024,640,2
DATA 1024,768,1
DATA 1024,1024,7
DATA 1152,768,5
DATA 1152,864,1
DATA 1280,720,3
DATA 1280,768,6
DATA 1280,800,2
DATA 1280,854,5
DATA 1280,960,1
DATA 1280,1024,4
DATA 1366,768,3
DATA 1400,1050,1
DATA 1440,900,2
DATA 1440,960,5
DATA 1600,900,3
DATA 1600,1200,1
DATA 1680,1050,2
DATA 1920,1080,3
DATA 1920,1200,2
DATA 2048,1152,3
DATA 2048,1536,1
DATA 2048,2048,7
DATA ,,
The $INCLUDE of the function should be after your main program!
Otherwise you would get the error “Statement cannot be placed between SUB/FUNCTIONs”
SelectResolution.bm Code:
'####################################################################################################################
'# Resolution selector v1.3 (routines)
'# By Zom-B
'# 'Start in any mode' feature by codeguy.
'####################################################################################################################
SUB selectResolution (row%, width%, height%)
backupScreen& = _COPYIMAGE
SCREEN 0
' Start neatly.
COLOR 7
yOffset% = row% - 1
'READ the DATA from the include file, while storing it in local arrays.
DIM aspectName$(0 to 9), aspectCol%(0 to 9)
RESTORE videoaspect
FOR y% = 0 TO 10
READ aspectName$(y%), aspectCol%(y%)
IF aspectCol%(y%) = 0 THEN numAspect% = y% - 1: EXIT FOR
NEXT
DIM vidX%(1 to 100), vidY%(1 to 100), vidA%(1 to 100)
RESTORE videomodes
FOR y% = 1 TO 100
READ vidX%(y%), vidY%(y%), vidA%(y%)
IF vidX%(y%) <= 0 THEN numModes% = y% - 1: EXIT FOR
NEXT
' If not called from SCREEN 0, set the number of screen rows to maximum.
' Otherwise, the height of the old screen is re-used.
IF _PIXELSIZE(backupScreen&) THEN WIDTH , numModes% + row%: _FONT 16
' Clip the number of modes to the height of the screen.
IF numModes% > _HEIGHT - yOffset% - 1 THEN numModes% = _HEIGHT - yOffset% - 1
' Select the text mode's segment for later SCREEN 0 POKEing.
DEF SEG = &HB800
LOCATE yOffset% + 1, 1
PRINT "Select video mode:"; TAB(61); "Click"
' Print the down-pointing triangle (which isn't a PRINTable character! (try it))
POKE (yOffset% * 80 + 66) * 2, 31
'Initialize some things before entering the loop.
selectedAspect% = 0 ' The selected aspect ratio item
lastY% = 0 ' The screen Y coordinate of the previously highlighted item
reprint% = -1 ' Used to signal that a reprint of the screen is needed
lastButton% = 0 ' memory variable to detect a 'depress' of the mouse button
DO
' Cancel on ESC.
IF INKEY$ = CHR$(27) THEN
width% = 0
height% = 0
EXIT DO
END IF
' Don't reprint every iteration, only when something changed.
IF reprint% THEN
reprint% = 0
FOR x% = 1 TO numModes%
LOCATE yOffset% + x% + 1, 1
' Print the video mode number in gray.
COLOR 7, 0
PRINT USING "##:"; x%;
' Print the video mode data in it's assigned aspect ratio color (if no aspect ratio is selected),
' otherwise, make matching video modes white and others dark gray.
IF selectedAspect% = 0 THEN
COLOR aspectCol%(vidA%(x%))
ELSEIF selectedAspect% = vidA%(x%) THEN
COLOR 15
ELSE
COLOR 8
END IF
PRINT STR$(vidX%(x%)); ","; vidY%(x%);
NEXT
FOR x% = 0 TO numAspect%
' Print the aspect ratios. The selected one (if any) with dark cyan background.
IF x% > 0 AND selectedAspect% = x% THEN
COLOR aspectCol%(x%), 3
ELSE
COLOR aspectCol%(x%), 0
END IF
LOCATE yOffset% + x% + 2, 64
PRINT "<"; aspectName$(x%); ">"
NEXT
END IF
IF _MOUSEINPUT THEN
IF lastY% > 0 THEN
' Un-highlight any selected item by reverting the color of the entire screen row (while leaving text intact).
FOR x% = 0 TO 159 STEP 2
POKE lastY% + x%, PEEK(lastY% + x%) AND &HEF
NEXT
END IF
x% = _MOUSEX
y% = _MOUSEY - yOffset% - 1
' Check if we should highlight a video mode or aspect ratio.
IF x% <= 60 THEN
IF y% > 0 AND y% <= numModes% THEN
' Exit if the highlighted video mode has been 'clicked' (ie. when the mouse button is depressed).
IF _MOUSEBUTTON(1) = 0 AND lastButton% THEN
width% = vidX%(y%)
height% = vidY%(y%)
EXIT DO
END IF
' Highlight selected video mode by changing the color of the entire item (while leaving text intact).
y% = (yOffset% + y%) * 160 + 1
FOR x% = 0 TO 119 STEP 2
POKE y% + x%, PEEK(y% + x%) OR &H10
NEXT
ELSE
y% = 0
END IF
ELSE
IF y% > 0 AND y% - 1 <= numAspect% THEN
IF _MOUSEBUTTON(1) THEN
selectedAspect% = y% - 1
reprint% = -1
END IF
' Highlight selected aspect ratio by changing the color of the entire item (while leaving text intact).
y% = (yOffset% + y%) * 160 + 1
FOR x% = 120 TO 159 STEP 2
POKE y% + x%, PEEK(y% + x%) OR &H10
NEXT
ELSE
y% = 0
END IF
END IF
lastY% = y%
lastButton% = _MOUSEBUTTON(1)
END IF
LOOP
' Exit neatly.
SCREEN backupScreen&
END SUB