Fullscreen Flash Projector

[Marco_Sgna]

Hello everybody.

I used to make fullscreen Flash websites, using 100x100 width/height and "No Scale" on Publish Settings.
Everything is ok on a browser, since I can position elements using relative coordinates for liquid layouts.

Now I have to make a fullscreen standalone .exe projector.

To get fullscreen I use fscommand("fullscreen", "true") on the first frame and it works.

The problem is:

If I create a 1024x768 Flash movie, even with 100x100 and "No Scale" activated, the movie remains at 1024x768.
So, if I trace stage.stageWidth and stage.stageHeight, those remain respectively at "1024" and "768", but I need for the movie to get the max width and max height available on the system.

In the browser it happens automatically, but in the Flash projector it doesn't.

*** So, how can I get the movie to match the exact size of the screen where it runs? ***

I've tried with Capabilities.screenResolutionX and Y but there is no way (and I think it's normal) to set the stage.width and stage.height properties on runtime.

Thank you.

[agabriel22]

There were some new features added to FlashPlayer 9, properties of the stage called fullScreenWidth and fullScreenHeight. They were introduced to solve your problem.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/display/Stage.html

I have to warn you, I've been having issues with these new properties (they don't show up) but it only affects the machine I work on. I've tested on a dozen other machines and they work just fine. You just need to have all updates installed and the latest flash player 10.

[Marco_Sgna]

Thanks, Giga Dre...
... but I see those properties are read-only, so they are for me useless as Capabilities.screenResolutionX and Y.

[Guest]

I haven't used projectors much... so you're saying that stage.stageWidth/stageHeight don't give the actual stageWidth/stageHeight when you go into fscommand("fullscreen"), or that noScale doesn't work?

Two alternatives come to mind:

1. Use stage.displayState = "fullscreen" instead. You won't get any keyboard input when in this type of fullscreen, though.

2. Use Adobe AIR. You can start using it without having to purchase anything. I use the same method you do (set scaleMode to "noScale" and react to stage.stageWidth/stageHeight) all the time in AIR and it works as expected. AIR, of course, requires Adobe AIR to be installed to run, and you have to install your application as a .air file.