Increase screen resolution in VBOX using Guest additions

Dear all,
I have installed SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 as my VM in VBOX. NOw i want to increase my screen resolution from 800*600 to 1024*768.My base machine is MAC.Please help me. I have installed all packages.
Regards
Bobby

Screen resolution are two things: Monitor and Video driver. You will probably have to change your installed virtual monitor to a monitor that supports your desired resolution, in addition to changing the resolution of the video driver. Also in VM make sure you assign enough video memory. Normally 8 MB should be more than enough for true color SVGA.

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If u write table control bdc program in 14'' monitor screen, then if the same program u run at different monitor size, then the screen resolution problem comes in to the picture,
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Fill the str CTU_PARAMS-defsize = 'X' and pass in CTU stmnt as
call transaction 'XXX' options using t_bdcdata ctu_params.
Analysing :
1. If nothing works, then we have to
some ifs & buts.
2. There shall be normally
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axb
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Effect
Allows you to control processing using the values of the componetns of the structure opt, which must have the ABAP Dictionary type CTU_PARAMS. The components have the following meanings:
DISMODE
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UPDMODE
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' ' No CATT active
'N' CATT without single-screen control
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NOBINPT
No batch input mode (that is, SY-BINPT = SPACE)
NOBIEND
No batch input mode after the end of BDC data.
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NOBINPT
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NOBIEND
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Reagrds,

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Screen resolution in va01

Hi All,
i am facing a problem in va01 bdc.
The no. of lines that are visible depends upon the screen resolution .
i am using ctu_params but its not working
f_option-updmode = 'S'.
f_option-defsize = '1'.
f_option-dismode = 'E'.
call transaction 'VA01' using bdcdata options from f_option messages into bdcerror.
in defsize i think we specify the no. of lines to be populated .

No
f_option-defsize = 'X' or . f_option-defsize = '' then it will take Default size of that TC.
<b>U closed the Thread , but no points assigned ,why ?</b>
regards
Prabhu
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