"François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Can't we use something like BDirectWindow for this purpose ? You get > > a framebuffer in a window, afterall... > > > Except the framebuffer geometry is the one defined by the real gfx > card, you can't adapt it to suit the requests for resolution change by > the app_server under test. why not? on a resoution-change request (in the simulated environment) the real-environment directwindow disconnects, redims, and reconnects (just like it would do on a resize). the only prerequisite is that the real- environment resolution should be large enough to accomodate the possible resolutions requested in the simulated environment (or there should be a limit on the possible resolutions requestable under the simulated envirnement, accomodating for the real-environment resolution). blu