Re: Prerequisite for asp.net browsing... ?

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Thanks for the reply KMA...
I will check that tonight. I did check the options in the IE setup and did
not
see anthing referencing the Font size .. but I will check it again to see if
I missed anything.
thanks again,
bob mcclellan

"KMA" <kma@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dg4249$5t3$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Just off the cuff. Could it be that the browser settings are rendering
> text
> a size or two bigger than they are sent by your app. I know that firefox
> allows you to CTRL-+ to make the text bigger, regardless of what the web
> sent as the optimum size. IE also allows this. I guess it's to help people
> with poor vision.
> "John 3:16" <bobmcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OSRki#5tFHA.2064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I have an asp.net app that is 90% complete. I rebuilt an existing
>> asp production app, changing it significantly to take advantage of
>> the enhanced functionality. during development, I would check the
>> page display from the development machine, my work machine.. and
>> my work machine from home. All displays looked identical. Over the
>> weekend, I browsed in from the PC in our family room. (same basic
>> hardware configuration.) All of the fonts where bigger and when
>> wrapped, looked misplaced. I immediately thought it was a
>> resolution problem. I set the resolution to the 1280 x 1024 that
>> I typically work at. No change in the display. After VPNing into
>> our network and remoting into the server I moved the lables of the
>> webform to the left and set the fonts to xxsmall. saved the form.
>> rechecked from family room pc and it all looked fine. obviously this now
>> changes how it's displayed from my other machines.
>>
>> Questions:
>> 1. What can be causing this.
>> 2. Is it possible to right justify the label.text control properties so
>> that I can
>> use overkill in the padding to compensate till I figure this out.
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> bob mcclellan.
>>
>>
>
>


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