RE: App display different on PCs other than development PC

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From: Roger (Roger_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:27:01 -0700

Hi,
I have just installed my first app on another machine and found exactly the
same problem, if you found a fix for this I would sure like to know it.

Best regards,
Roger.

"bbutler" wrote:

> Part of an app I developed in VB.Net populates a listbox with data using a
> uniformly spaced font (Courier New) and spaces the data out evenly into
> columns. When I run the application from my own machine, everything looks
> fine. When I install it anywhere else, though, the font appears smaller,
> which totally offsets it from the heading labels I have on the form.
>
> At first I thought it was an issue of the font not being installed on the
> other machines, but I was able to find it on all of the machines I've tried.
> Is there anything I can try?
>
> On a related note, I recently added a splash screen to my app. While it
> looks fine on my display, everywhere else the right edge is clipped. How am
> I supposed to develop when I can't see what other people will see when they
> run my apps?
>
> Thanks for your help.

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