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Re: How do i get Pixeels per inch from the system ??

#8781
From: Ivo B. Limmen
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 12:45
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The Toolkit is not static and should be instanciated before use, I
personally never used AWT but it should probably be:
---
Toolkit tk = new Toolkit();
int ScreenRess = tk.getScreenResolution();
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Ivo

"Asger Joergensen" <Asger.P@get2net.dk> wrote in message
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> Hi John
> and thans for the reply
>
> "John McGrath [TeamB]" wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 11:28:34 +0100, Asger Joergensen wrote:
> >
> > > i would like to be able to get the pixels per inch
> > > from the system
> >
> > See Toolkit.getScreenResolution();
>
> Yeb, that seem to be what i want, but i cant figure
> how to use it.
> Would You be so kind as to show me how to use it ??
>
> Remember i am a total beginner to this Java stuff..;-)
>
> This is the exercise i am working on:
>
> import javax.swing.JOptionPane;  //Import class JOptionPane
> import java.awt.Toolkit;       //Import class Toolkit
>
> public class Palindrome
> {
>  public static void main(String args[])
>  {
>       String Text,   // Return string from Dialog
>           Result = ""; // Result to show
>       int Length;    // Length of returned string
>
>       int ScreenRess = Toolkit.getScreenResolution();
>
>   ------  Snip ------
>
> i get an error that sayes:
> "non-static method getScreenResolution() cannot be referenced
> from a static context"
>
> P.s. the rest of the exercise only shows a couple dialogs and then
> terminates.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Asger
>
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Subject: Re: How do i get Pixeels per inch from the system ??
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