Re: Controls on Form change size

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:36:20 +0100, Saso Zagoranski wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've developed a Winforms application for a few people. It's a very
> basic Form with a few textboxes, comboboxes, buttons, labels and one
> PictureView.
>
> With 1024x768 screen resolution the all controls fit perfectly on the screen
> (all
> of them are visible).
>
> However, with one computer/client I have big problems, since the controls on
> the right
> side of the Form aren't visible! They somehow seem to have changed their
> positions and sizes a little bit.
> (based on what I can see from the screenshot I got). One of the labels
> increased it's size A LOT.
> Everything (every font size, button size, ...) is fixed and hardcoded into
> the Form. There is nothing
> in the app settings that could cause this kind of behavior.
> The app uses the same version of .Net Framework as everybody else (1.1).
>
> What I would like to know is, can Windows settings somehow affect the Form?
> Or possibly a
> virus or something? What can I check?
>
> thank you,
> Saso

Check Display Properties/Appearance/Font Size
Some people make this a large value to make small text readable, but it
messes up much of the formatting in apps.

Cheers,
Jason
.



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