[WP34s] Emulator Skin for High Resolution Screen

[ndzied1]

Hello,

Has anyone created a skin for the WP34s emulator for use on a high resolution screen? I got this new laptop from work and the default resolution is 3840x2160. Thats great for making lots of things sharp but most bitmap related things show up as tiny postage stamps on the screen.

If no one else has made one I'm willing to give it a try. I can definitely resize the .png file adn I sort of can figure out the .xskin file but how does the display know what size to make the font?

[pascal_meheut]

(01-08-2016 06:19 PM)ndzied1 Wrote:  If no one else has made one I'm willing to give it a try. I can definitely resize the .png file adn I sort of can figure out the .xskin file but how does the display know what size to make the font?

No need. I have a tool to generate the png and the xskin file. Tell me what size you would like and I can insert it into a future build.

[ndzied1]

(01-08-2016 08:20 PM)pascal_meheut Wrote:  No need. I have a tool to generate the png and the xskin file. Tell me what size you would like and I can insert it into a future build.

Fantastic news. 2 X the size of the Medium 34s V3 skin should be just about perfect.

Thanks!

[pascal_meheut]

I've uploaded a new set of WP34s Qt emulators with a hi-res skin. Can you test it?
If it is ok, I'll adapt the complex_mode & wp31s too.

[ndzied1]

I can't speak for others but that works for me.

Thank you very very much!!

[Marcus von Cube]

(01-08-2016 08:33 PM)ndzied1 Wrote:  2 X the size of the Medium 34s V3 skin should be just about perfect.

I've added a "huge" skin to wp34sgui.exe, too. It's kind of a hack (manual blow up of the bitmap with IrfanView and adding a factor to the skin file). Complex mode is missing still but if you copy emulator.dll and the skin and bitmap files it should be fine. I'll take care of it later. WP 31S is still waiting for the update (Don't copy over emulator.dll from the other versions!).

[fhub]

(01-10-2016 12:05 AM)Marcus von Cube Wrote:  I've added a "huge" skin to wp34sgui.exe, too. It's kind of a hack (manual blow up of the bitmap with IrfanView and adding a factor to the skin file).

Not that I would need it (it's much too big for my screen), but I've just tried it to see how it looks - it doesn't work!
You forgot to build a new emulator.dll which supports the new 'factor' keyword - only the debug-version (emulator_d.dll) has been built, but this one is 3-times as big as the normal DLL.

Franz

[fhub]

(01-09-2016 01:08 PM)pascal_meheut Wrote:  I've uploaded a new set of WP34s Qt emulators with a hi-res skin.

Pascal, would it be much work for you to also include a Qt binary for the complex branch in your Windows Qt version?
(I guess only a WP-34c.exe would be needed, the DLLs should be the same)

It's a pity that we have a complex Qt branch when only very few members here could use it (without an available EXE) ...

Franz

[Marcus von Cube]

(01-10-2016 10:14 AM)fhub Wrote:  You forgot to build a new emulator.dll which supports the new 'factor' keyword -

Should be better now. complex_mode branch is included, too.

[pascal_meheut]

(01-10-2016 10:29 AM)fhub Wrote:  Pascal, would it be much work for you to also include a Qt binary for the complex branch in your Windows Qt version?

I guess not but nobody ever asked. I'll look into it but maybe not this week.