[DUG] 96DPI and 120DPI

[John Bird]

Well as I understand using 120DPI is for the same reason - making app windows larger and easier to read on the screen - or at least the text larger.  I have users with oldest to newest screens - from about 800x600 up to 1920x1024 so I have to do something like this for the form to be fairly consistent 

Mainly I want to figure out how to set my ScaleBy routine so its not thrown by 120DPI - how does it affect windows controls and their sizing - anyone there can shed clear light on this?

Specifically  are the screen.height  screen.width figures still accurate, and does  Screen.PixelsPerInch, and form1.pixelsPerInch  
return the correct values?   Mainly I want to figure out there is a different relationship in grids between grid.width  grid.defaultrowheight  and grid.font.size - or maybe its as simple as doing the Form.ScaleBy before rather than after doing the grid adjustments...



The main problem is I don't have a 120DPI screen to test on.   If I am testing on a laptop is it feasible to set to 120DPI or will it mess up too much other general windows stuff?



Also - does your stuff handle 144DPI?  I saw references that that setting is also appearing - looks to be an option in Windows 7.

 

John
 
I've never used ScaleBy so cannot really help.  I don't see that being useful in many cases.  Operators often use large monitors with high resolutions so they can fit more app windows on the screen at the same time.  Forcing the app to take up more space doesn't make sense to me.

 

Ross.
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