Small screen simulator

**millsy** · 08-16-2008, 01:17 AM

I remember a while back there was a program mentioned here that simulated a 7" screen on a desktop monitor,so you could see what a program would look like on a small screen while working on a desktop monitor, it didnt just resize monitor screen,showed 7" screen as it would really look like,hope i made sense with the description! Anyway i cannot find it now,i was hopping someone can remember it and has a link. thanks all

**Coyote65** · 08-17-2008, 01:36 AM

If you can turn off scaling in your video card drivers and set your res appropriately you can get the same effect.

**CwF** · 08-27-2008, 10:24 PM

If you have some computers laying around, use one to work on the software, set the display to what you'll really use, and VNC into that box from your desktop at that resoltion, and then scale to the real size. Nice to do on a higher res desktop.

**millsy** · 08-28-2008, 01:41 AM

Vnc ??

**CwF** · 08-28-2008, 03:48 AM

remote desktop software. VNC is the original and a few freeware versions out there.
http://www.realvnc.com/

**pRoFiT** · 08-28-2008, 04:14 AM

why not try vmware and set the resolution in that.

**CwF** · 08-28-2008, 08:54 AM

Maybe it simply depends on what question we're answering. With VNC you have the actual hardware and with a vmware solution you don't. If the purpose is to develop the software, vmware may be a solution, but, the VNC method would eliminate unknowns since it is running on the actual hardware to be used.

**pRoFiT** · 08-30-2008, 11:25 PM

Well the first post was that he wanted to know what it would look like on a 7 inch monitor. Both VNC and vmware don't really give you that. But i did install vmware 6 to see what it would look like. It does seem if you set the max resolution to the same as your carputer screen (7inchs) you get a good idead of what it will look like at that resolution and possibly screen size.

Also the RRSkinEditor can zoom in/out so if you just wanted to see it smaller that may help too, only for RR Skins.

**millsy** · 08-31-2008, 06:52 AM

Thanks all for the help, i shall find vmware 6 and have a play, i recall the prog. i was thinking of showed a screen in the middle of the monitor just as the (in my case)7" monitor woul look like, it was a couple of years ago when i was digesting the possibilities of a carputer