Simon Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 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. MagePro, Tasha, Spence and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kukuli Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatchamazog Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 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 18Windows 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 JRE 6 or better....which at this point means any reasonably recent full Java installation. MagePro and Whatchamazog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruttm Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 Thanks much Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagePro Posted March 17, 2017 Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Works on all screens - no checks for resolution or screen size are performed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturmrider Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 I get an error saying it cannot access the jar file. Using Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 13 9365 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Make sure you run from a directory that contains the HD6.jar file and which you have full read/write access to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturmrider Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Thank you for your response, I will check this again, but I believe it is in a directory that has full access for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BahnSidhe Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 I think I did what was suggested but the result was no different. What do you suggest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Get a current copy of the app - the feature didn't exist in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane_Marlowe Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 Still current. What version are you running and how are you launching it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Post the trace.log file from the directory you're launching HD from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Perron Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 what I meant is where do I type and how do I get there???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Perron Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 damn it sorry "go" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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