[R] screen resolution effects on graphics

Mon Aug 28 20:16:50 CEST 2006

Gabor:

I am afraid I am demonstrating my lack of computer savvy.

As you instructed, I downloaded the code, saved it as the file you
suggested, and executed this within R

as.numeric(gsub(".* ", "", grep("resolution",
  shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE),
value = TRUE)))

The DOS window opened, some magic occurred in the blink of an eye, and the
DOS window closed.  I haven't the foggiest idea what to do next since I can
see no evidence of having done anything.

Thanks for your patience.

Charles Annis, P.E.

Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com
phone: 561-352-9699
eFax:  614-455-3265
http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Gabor Grothendieck
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:39 AM
To: Charles.Annis at statisticalengineering.com
Cc: r-help
Subject: Re: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics

1.   Put the code from
  www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/jul05/hey0721.mspx
into, say, \bin\displayconfiguration.vbs, and then from R do this:

as.numeric(gsub(".* ", "", grep("resolution",
  shell('cscript \\bin\\displayconfiguration.vbs', intern = TRUE),
value = TRUE)))

or we can translate that into R to eliminate the need for a vbs routine
and then run it directly from R (although we will still need the indicated
dll):

# must have GenericEnum.dll registered. That is, download and unzip:
#  http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/rcom/download/GenericEnum.zip
# and register it: regsvr32 GenericEnum.dll

library(RDCOMClient)
strComputer = "."
SWBemlocator <- COMCreate("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
objWMIService <- SWBemlocator$ConnectServer(strComputer,"\\root\\CIMV2")
colItems <- objWMIService$ExecQuery ("Select * from
Win32_DisplayConfiguration")

lEnum <- COMCreate("GenericEnum.AutomationEnum")
lEnum[["Collection"]] <- colItems

if (lEnum$SetFirst()) {
	repeat {
		cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["DeviceName"]], "\n")
		cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["BitsPerPel"]], "\n")
		cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["Pelswidth"]], "\n")
		cat(lEnum[["Item"]][["Pelsheight"]], "\n")
		if (!lEnum$SetNext()) break
	}
}

On 8/28/06, Charles Annis, P.E.
<Charles.Annis at statisticalengineering.com> wrote:
> My apologies for my oversight.  I am using WindowsXP.  The code that
> produces a nice-looking jpg (when viewed on my screen) produces cramped
> graphics on a 800 X 600 screen.  I can change the spacings on the plot and
> remedy the situation for 800 X 600, but that looks awkward at 1280 X 1024.
>
> Thanks
>
> Charles Annis, P.E.
>
> Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com
> phone: 561-352-9699
> eFax:  614-455-3265
> http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of bogdan romocea
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:55 AM
> To: Charles.Annis at statisticalengineering.com
> Cc: r-help
> Subject: Re: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics
>
> You forgot to mention your OS. This was asked before and if I recall
> correctly the answer for Windows was no. An acceptable solution (imho)
> is to edit the Rprofile.site files and add something like
>  pngplotwidth <- 990 ; pngplotheight <- 700
>  pdfplotwidth <- 14 ; pdfplotheight <- 10
> Then, use these values in your functions. It's manual, but you only
> need to do this once for each machine.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
> > Charles Annis, P.E.
> > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:50 AM
> > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Subject: [R] screen resolution effects on graphics
> >
> > Greetings, R-Citizens:
> >
> > I have the good fortune of working with a 19" 1280 X 1024
> > pixel monitor.  My
> > R-code produces nice-looking graphics on this machine but the
> > same code
> > results in crowded plots on an older machine with 800 X 600
> > resolution.  In
> > hindsight this seems obvious, but I didn't anticipate it.
> >
> > My code will be used on machines with varying graphics (and memory)
> > capacity.  Is there a way I can check the native resolution
> > of the machine
> > so that I can make adjustments to my code for the possible
> > limitations of
> > the machine running it?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Charles Annis, P.E.
> >
> > Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com
> > phone: 561-352-9699
> > eFax:  614-455-3265
> > http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com
> >
> >
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