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I often use applications made in Flash. Due to my high resolution the standard browser zoom means that everything in these applications is too small.

Using the default zoom function in all major browsers I have tested does not zoom the Flash content, so that does not help.

My best solution at the moment is to keep changing the screen resolution. This is, however, tedious, so my question is whether there is a better solution?

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Sometimes you can right click on the Flash region and click "Zoom In". It only works for Flash files that has not disabled the options in the right-click menu. Also, the zoom will be limited to the Flash frame. If your browser has developer tools, you can open it and manually tweak the Flash embed's size.

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This does not work for any of the apps I am using, but I will keep it in mind. – David Feb 4 at 22:18
there is a way to hack flash apps and get a flash app to allow zoom, and also hack the res, using simple flash script decompilers (which is just the script) , but it still will not zoom the Frame/window itself as GMMan already indicated. hacking the flash Res, also has no real value for most of the flashes, because the parts and pieces are all set in specific locations X-Y cords and all. About the most that could be done is using a Magnifyer :-) for the screen?? Keep the flash as it was made , and re-interpolate, which just leaves flash interaction while magnified. – Psycogeek Feb 5 at 3:54
@Psycogeek AFAIK it's not that easy to recompile the ActionScript. There is Flasm, but last time I checked it didn't work so well for ActionScript 3+. – GMMan Feb 5 at 16:26
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@David If your Flash file does not require any Internet resources, you can try downloading it to your local drive and using the Flash Standalone Player to open and maximize it. Mind you, some Flash files have their size hardcoded, so it won't get any larger even if you choose full screen. – GMMan Feb 5 at 16:28
@GMMan Thanks, I will try that. And the magnifier advice, as not a bad one either. – David Feb 5 at 17:17
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