Choosing Aspect ratio of screen

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I am developing desktop application using MFC which has main screen i.e startup screen which has certain option avaiable to use other services. This application needs to run on different OS with different screen / monitor sizes which has different aspect ratio. I need to start developing it and need to decide which screen aspect ratio to choose. Can some body suggest me that which aspect ratio would be useful so that it can work well on different types of monitors/screens. I am aware of there are 3 types of aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, 16:10) but need to understand which would be the best.
Also need to understand if aspect ratio changes do I need to handle images size.

If we make application full screen then can we handle it programatically.

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SNI

Posted 19-Aug-13 2:51am

SNI

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Leo Chapiro · Answer 1 · 2013-08-19T03:45:00

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I suggest you ask the current desktop size and set dynamically your aspect ratio depending on it. To do it you can for example write something like:

C++

RECT rc;
GetWindowRect(GetDesktopWindow(), &rc);

Posted 19-Aug-13 3:45am

Leo Chapiro

Updated 19-Aug-13 3:58am

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SNI 22-Aug-13 3:15am

So you mean to say we can programatically adjust the size of image based on resolution. I have a doubt, if we have 4:3 size image and I make my resolution to 16:9 or 5:4 can then be image quality remains same?

SNI 24-Aug-13 5:31am

Can some one suggest whether to choose 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio of screen as a base line for developing desktop applications. If we use either of the two then how to handle the quality of image for different screen resolution prgramtically.