Fullscreen

Display fullscreen images on multiple displays

Description

The package contains an m file for displaying fullscreen matlab RGB images. The user can specify the display number for the image to be shown. This is a cross platform solution using Java function built into Matlab 7.x and has been tested on Windows and Linux machines.

• Acknowledgements: This submission has inspired the following:; Fullscreen 1.1
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.1.0 (R14SP3)
• Other requirements: Matlab 7 and above running JVM Works on Linux, Windows and possibly Mac OSX (untested).

[Evgeny Frumker]

Great program

[peter zoon]

Indeed a very great program this is exactly what i have been looking for, however it only seems to work on my primary display.
device_number has values of 1 and 2.
gds shows [sun.awt.Win32GraphicsDevice]
[sun.awt.Win32GraphicsDevice]
But if I try to disply it like fullscreen (image,2) still pops open on monitor 1

[Jens Rantil]

Great scripts, thanks!

I've had some small problems with latencies when changing from one fullscreen image to another. This is because IM2JAVA takes a lot of time. If you need to use a fast fullscreen implementation I recommend you to load preload all the images and convert them directly to Java image format.

This of course requires that you tweak the fullscreen script a little, but it's not too hard.

[aniket vartak]

just what i needed..have to fix the issue of the image not being similar size of the screen...but an easy fix for myself...thanks!!!

[aniket vartak]

peter zoon below is right, I tried using it with 2 screens, and doesn't show up on the screen..does any body have a fix..or a place to look for it!??Thanks
-Aniket-

[Evan Tsai]

GREAT!

[Edoardo unical]

Very good to show an image on the main display, but it doesn't work on the second display. Does anyone know any fix for this problem?

[Drew Wagner]

The java environment on os x seems to detect only the primary display. I'm trying to find an automated way to change the primary display, but I haven't found one yet. The applescript dictionary for System Preferences is quite sparse.

[Chris Nafis]

Thanks for writing this. It works great for me

[Alejandro Camara Iglesias]

There is a problem with non-exclusive-fullscreen-capable screens: Java tries to emulate the fullscreen resizing the frame to the size of the screen and placing it in the position (0, 0) of the specified screen. The problem is that (0, 0) is an absolute position and places the frame into the _first_ screen no matter what screen you specified.

This code can be easily modified to fix that issue paying attention to the following thread on the Sun forums:
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=5&threadID=478520

Place the next statement after frame_java = javax.swing.JFrame( gds( ... :

bounds = frame_java.getBounds();

And the following after the setFullscreenWindow() statement:

frame_java.setLocation( bounds.x, bounds.y );

That will make the trick :-) At least it does in my computer.

Alejandro Cámara Iglesias

[Pithawat Vachiramon]

Thanks Alejandro, I have implemented your fix and speeds up the function in Fullscreen 1.1 (http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23404)

[Laurent Sansnom]

Great utility. Note that I had a problem when using 2 devices with different resolutions. Java would indicate both screens had the same resolution (primary screen res). This is a java bug:
http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=195396

Using JVM 1.6 instead of 1.5 solved the problem (instructions on http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-1812J.html).

Laurent

[Laurent Sansnom]

oops last link:

http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-1812J.html

[Leonardo]

On Mac OS 10.5 fullscreen works well. Unfortunately, closescreen leaves me with a completely black screen, with only the mouse pointer on it. I have to switch the Mac off.
Sorry my naive tone, I don't know anything of Java, computer graphics etc. I would be very grateful if someone could give me some hints.
Thank you.

[Pithawat Vachiramon]

Hi Leonardo, have you tried the 1.1 version of the routine?

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23404

[Marvin]

Pithawat Vachiramon Thank you very much for your contribution, I going to incorporate its role in my thesis project, I use an interferometer on an LCD projector for measurement of 3D objects. I will remember to mention your name when my thesis is finished, my best wishes to you, happy 2010.

[serdolik serdolik]

This function works very well while i have WinXP and R2009a, but when i changed it on Win7 and R2010a the window with my image is minimize when I go to the other app or click on the desktop and I can't do anything with this. Any suggestion? I have the last java updates.

[Mike]

Same as the above comment. I tried to display full screen on a second monitor. The Java screen always gets minimized when I clicked on matlab window or the desktop of the first monitor.

[sedat]

@mike change the line
 frame_java = javax.swing.JFrame(gds(device_number).getDefaultConfiguration());
as
 frame_java = javax.swing.JWindow(gds(device_number).getDefaultConfiguration());
then remove line : frame_java.setUndecorated(true);

it should work now

[Munther Gdeisat]

can use this with a projector

[Nawar]

Yes it can be used with projector and thats what I am using but the problem is"The Java screen always gets minimized when I clicked on matlab window or the desktop of the first monitor"

Anybody fixed this problem.

 

[Nawar]

I just tried what Sedat suggested and it works which is as follow:

change the line:
frame_java = javax.swing.JFrame(gds(device_number).getDefaultConfiguration());
as
 frame_java = javax.swing.JWindow(gds(device_number).getDefaultConfiguration());
then remove line : frame_java.setUndecorated(true);

Thank you Sedat

[Kazutaka]

Is there a simple way to use this function with real time windows target to update images on full screen? I will only have several images to display... Anyone?

[Michal]

Hi, I have been trying ver 1.1 of fullscreen and I have a following problem. After executing two fullscreen commands corresponding to the two screens I have, the former screen goes back to the usual mode (leaves full screen). Does anyone know what I can do about this i.e. to keep full screen images in both screens and not only in the one which was issued the fullscreen command as the last one?

[Kazutaka]

Either if I use an Embedded Matlab function block or a level 2 S function, Java is not supported...