Re: how to convert metric to pixels

From: Thomas Fritsch <i.dont.like.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:50:44 GMT

Rita Leon wrote:

What are the methods/classes in JFC to convert millimeters (or inches
or centimeters) to pixels?

I remember in windows programming we had DPtoLP() and LPtoDP(). Might
there be a Java equivalent?

You can call
int resolution = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenResolution();
to get your physical screen resolution (on my screen I get 96). Having that number, it is simple arithmetics to convert inches to pixels and vice versa.

See <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Toolkit.html#getScreenResolution()>

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Thomas
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