Rotate screen ouput 90 degrees

[SkennyR]

Is it possible for VB6 to rotate the screen output 90 degrees?
Example, if I wanted to turn my monitor on its side, can VB6 turn the screen back to a position you can easily see?
I know this sounds ridiculus, but it is a real question.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

I can rotate the picture on my monitor by using Ctrl+Alt+(Up,Down,Left,Right) so assuming your graphics card will allow it then I can't see any reason why you can't do this in VB.

Cheers

HarleyQuinn
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[SkennyR]

Hmmm, my computer wont let me rotate the screen by Ctrl+Alt+(Up, Down, Left,Right).
Maybe that is a function specific to your graphic card?

 

[EBGreen]

This sort of functionality is almost always driver specific.

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[strongm]

Yep, it used to be a feature of ATI cards - although it is possible others have followed suit

 

[SkennyR]

Thanks guys.
The reason I wanted this is because my latest greatest hobby is home arcade (playing old 70's -90's arcade games, IE: Pacman, Donkey Kong, etc).
Anyway, some of the games look better if you turn the monitor so that the screen is taller than it is wider.
I dont want to do this, but some people do.
To make a long story even longer, I wrote a small "menu type" program in VB6 that will allow the user to make "favorite lists" of their game library.
I was thinking it would be nice if I could turn the screen of the menu program so that people who use a rotated monitor could also use my program. But it looks like it is not possible in VB6, even though old dos progams such as MAME (Multiple Arcade Machines Emulator) can rotate the screen for the arcade games, if desired. Once again, thanks!!