ninken Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 vidswitch View File So I wrote a quick command line tool, that does what I personally think that Launch box should do. We should have options on how a program is executed. It’s written in C# and is on Github feel free to use any of this code to give launchbox some application launching options. https://github.com/ninken/vidswitch/releases/tag/1.0 Vidswitch is a simple command line application that allows you to launch a application maximized on any monitor, and can rotates that monitor. (Requires Dotnet 4.0 or higher) Parameter 1 - Display Number [ 1, 2, 3, 4, .... ] Parameter 2 - Rotation [ 0, 90, 180, 270 ] Parameter 3 - Application to launch Example: vidswitch 2 90 "c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe" Result: Launches notepad.exe on display 2, flips the monitor 90° and maximizes Notepad. After Notepad closes, it returns the monitor back to it's starting orientation. Submitter ninken Submitted 03/21/2020 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninken Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 I've released a update, I forgot to remove my some of my testing parameters. It now does what it suppose to do. Let me know if you find this useful. Maybe I can see what I can do to make a built in Launchbox Plugin. I have not look into making a plugin yet, if I can I want to see if I can do this, however I don't I could make BigBox follow these rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masheen Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Just curious, what are examples of your personal usage? I get the notepad piece but am wondering in a real scenario what you are looking to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninken Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 So I'm myself I'm building a arcade that rotates between 0,90,270 video positions depending on how a person sits down. Mame/Bigbox is very fixed on a rotation, so is the games and themes. I have Android games, Pinball, and Arcade games that are suppose to be played in the 90 or 270 position. So with Retroarch they have some auto rotate functions for 90/270 options for Mame, and using retroarch overlays with them will rotate accordingly . I have that part solved. However PC Games/Android games i do not, that what I'm trying to do, by adding launch configurations. I also have to duplicate LB and BigBox for the 90/270 mode, to support the right orientation of the monitor, and the content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m714w Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Can you share how you are rotating BigBox and LB. I am looking to show BigBox in vertical on startup. How did you get this to work? Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourmovecr33p Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 This looks like what I need, thanks! I have some pc shooters that have tate mode in the options, but don't like the monitor being in 1080x1920. (Raiden IV and a few others) Hopefully this works. I'll respond back regardless. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourmovecr33p Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) it seems to actually launch notepad lol. (I'm aware that it is the example, but try it out if you don't believe me) Oh well. Actually I ended up finding a program called "display" that mostly did what i want http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=misc#display it isnt flipping back to 270 after exit though so i need to figure something else out Edited September 26, 2020 by yourmovecr33p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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