Window Size

[Anthony Watson]

Any advice on how big to make the main window? I have a big monitor and I'm not sure how my application will look on another monitor when I use the following code:

dbFrame.setSize(900, 650);

Thanks all.

[Hanna Habashy]

hi Anthony:
It is better design to first retrieve the client resolution, then construct your frame according to this resolution. For example you might want to make your frame half of the size of the screen width and height.

[Andy Zhu]

Hey, Hanna: how to retrieve client's screen info? Thanks.

[Hanna Habashy]

you can use:

Dimension screenSize = getToolkit().getScreenSize();

then you can retrieve getWidth() and getHeight() of the Dimesion object.

[Anthony Watson]

Thanks Hannah. I'll follow your advice.