HD6 Issues Under Windows High Resolution Screens

[Simon]

For those having issues with HD appearing too small under high resolution screens (when running Windows), an update has been posted which enables command-line flags to set the default font size throughout the application.  To use, you need to launch HD from the command line (or create a batch script) with the following:

javaw -jar HD6.jar [font size]

for example, the following would set the default font size throughout the application to 18pt:

javaw -jar HD6.jar 18

Windows does not appear to pass font scaling along to Java, hence the issue under high resolution screens.  Moreover, there are known issues within Java in attempting to change the font size once the UI has been rendered.  This is the reason that the command line flags are needed rather than a new application preferences setting.

[kukuli]

Thank you! I miracast to my TV when working with my players and it was impossible to read.  It took a trip to the web to remember how to use the command line, but I did it.

[Whatchamazog]

For those having issues with HD appearing too small under high resolution screens (when running Windows), an update has been posted which enables command-line flags to set the default font size throughout the application.  To use, you need to launch HD from the command line (or create a batch script) with the following:

 

javaw -jar HD6.jar [font size]

for example, the following would set the default font size throughout the application to 18pt:

javaw -jar HD6.jar 18

Windows does not appear to pass font scaling along to Java, hence the issue under high resolution screens.  Moreover, there are known issues within Java in attempting to change the font size once the UI has been rendered.  This is the reason that the command line flags are needed rather than a new application preferences setting.

Which version of Java do you need?

[Simon]

JRE 6 or better....which at this point means any reasonably recent full Java installation.

[pruttm]

Thanks much Dan.

[MagePro]

Simon,

You are amazing!!  I think we had PM'ed about this some time ago.  I check back to look to see if someone had done a 5th ed version of Plasmoid in HD and I find this.  It's almost 11 at night and I am so happy and now I can't sleep. I can finally use HD on my biz wiz laptop with the insane rez.  

[rjcurrie]

Is there a minimum screen size that this feature works with?

 

I am running the most recent version of HD on a 3440 x 1440 screen under Windows 10 with Java 8 installed and I cannot get it to work.

[Simon]

Works on all screens - no checks for resolution or screen size are performed

[rjcurrie]

I'm not sure why, but it appears that an old trace.log file (from 2012) in my Hero Designer folder was keeping this feature from working. Once I deleted that file, the feature worked as expected.

 

Yay!

[sturmrider]

I get an error saying it cannot access the jar file. Using Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 13 9365

[Simon]

Make sure you run from a directory that contains the HD6.jar file and which you have full read/write access to.

[sturmrider]

Thank you for your response, I will check this again, but I believe it is in a directory that has full access for me. 

[Simon]

Let me be clear: "cannot access the jar file" means you are running the command from a directory that does not have the jar file...or as an account that cannot see/access the jar file.  It's pretty simple...and has nothing whatsoever to do with HD.

[BahnSidhe]

I think I did what was suggested but the result was no different.

What do you suggest?

[Simon]

Get a current copy of the app - the feature didn't exist in 2015.

[Zane_Marlowe]

Is this response still current? I'm unable to get the font size to scale, but am not sure why. Are there other settings I need to have set?

[Simon]

Still current.  What version are you running and how are you launching it?

[Cthulhu]

Font-size scaling isn't working for me, either.  I'm running HERO Designer 6 Build 20180521 and Java Version 8 Update 181 on Windows 10 Home Version 1803..

[Simon]

Post the trace.log file from the directory you're launching HD from.

[rjcurrie]

I just updated to the May version and the font scaling has stopped working for me too.  I have attached the trace.log file.

 

trace.log

[Simon]

Apparently something got screwed up when I was "future-proofing" the app against some warnings folks were getting under Java 10.  They'll just have to go back to those warnings, I guess.

 

New update posted which should re-enable the font size settings.

[unclevlad]

Wow.  

 

Didn't realize my version was so old.  2013.  And might've been purchased under a different account.

 

Went ahead and bought the latest.  DEFINITELY helps the font sizes.  Readable now, on my usual living room arrangement...monitors about 3' away from the recliner.  But I can put a game on the TV while I goof off online so it's all good.

This is the line I'm using:

 

javaw -Xmx1024m -cp .\HD6.jar com.hero.HeroDesigner 14

 

This allocates a full gigabyte of memory for HD to use...probably overkill.  Can be cut back if desired.  -Xmx512m would allocate only half a gig.  Still more than the default, IIRC.  And 14 point size.

 

Anyway, just want to say thanks for updating things.  Looks MUCH crisper than my 2013 version.

 

[Mark Perron]

what I meant is where do I type and how do I get there????

[Mark Perron]

damn it  sorry "go"

[Simon]

Not really sure how to explain it any clearer...

 

Open a command prompt on your system (under Windows, Start -> Run... -> cmd), cd to the directory that you unpacked HeroDesigner.zip into (the directory that contains HD6.jar), and enter the command given in the first post of this thread.