Display, Emulator Properties Dialog Box

Use this tab to specify the appearance characteristics of the emulator.

How you display this tabbed dialog box depends on your installation. For more information, see How to: Change Property Settings.

You can specify screen sizes and color depth only prior to cold-booting the emulator. That is, you cannot change these properties at run time.

Using different screen sizes can lead to emulator malfunction. The following screen sizes are recommended:

Skin
If you select Skin, click the ellipsis button (…) to locate the skin file. If you do not want the skin to be displayed, select Video. If you select Video you must complete all video settings.

For more information on skins, see Emulator Skin in the Windows CE documentation.
Screen width
Minimum width is 64 pixels, maximum is 800. The number must be an even number.
Screen height
Minimum height is 64 pixels, maximum is 800. The number must be an even number.
Color depth
Select from the drop-down list in multiples of 8.
Orientation
Specifies orientation of 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees. You can change the value at run time. The emulator automatically changes orientation when the guest OS is switched from Portrait to Landscape mode.

For more information, see your SDK documentation.
Zoom 2x
Stretches the skin on both axes, resulting in an image four times as large as the original. You can change this setting at run time.
Always on top
Maintains the emulator on top of the z order in the development environment. You can change this setting at run time.
Enable tooltips
Hovering over any menu or button displays a ToolTip. This feature is available only if a skin file is used and the ToolTip is defined in it.

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