Re: Banner image Size

From: Thom Little (thom_at_tlanet.net)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:58:23 -0400

Thank you for the lead.

The problem is resolved. The banner in question is the msi banner that the
Microsoft Installer (Visual Studio .NET 2003) uses. It is documented as
being 70x500 and the aspect ratio was changing when run on Windows XP
machines but not Windows 2003 Server or Windows 2000 Professional machines.

The Windows XP machines had the display property set to "Large size (120
dpi)" and this introduced the error in the aspect ratio. When it was set to
"Normal size (96 dpi)" it did not change the aspect ratio.

The conclusion is that the display property does not maintain the aspect
ratio. 

-- 
-- Thom Little -- www.tlaNET.net -- Thom Little Associates, Ltd.
--
"Stefan Krueger [MVP]" <skrueger@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message 
news:uk1fBywnEHA.1304@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> The size depends on the dialog size, i.e. the template you are using 
> and/or the tool you are using to build the MSI.
> The most reliable method would probably be to take a screen shot of the
> dialog and find the banner size in MS Paint or some other image processing
> program.
>
> -- 
> Stefan Krueger
> Microsoft Windows Installer MVP
>
> Please post your questions in the newsgroup or vist one of these web 
> sites:
>
> Windows Installer FAQ
> http://www.msifaq.com - http://www.msifaq.de
>
> InstallSite - Resources for Setup Developers
> http://www.installsite.org
> http://www.installsite.de (GERMAN)

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