Re: Dialog window auto resizing

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By default dialog units are used to specify sizes in dialog templates(not pixels). I checked the documentation and headers but I couldn't find a way to specify layout in pixels in a dialog template.

To understand this better you might check out the documentation for GetDialogBaseUnits as a starting point.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms929231.aspx

Paul Monson
Intrinsyc


Baranidharan wrote:
Hi Paul,

thanks.Yes, it is an .RC file. and the dialog resource is defined like
this.

IDD_DIALOG1 DIALOG 0, 0, 240, 320
STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_FIXEDSYS | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Dialog"
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
BEGIN
LTEXT "Select Account",IDC_STATIC,15,8,57,14
COMBOBOX IDC_COMBO1,13,19,166,16,CBS_DROPDOWN | CBS_SORT |
WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP
PUSHBUTTON "Close",IDC_BUTTON2,113,167,64,13
END

I run this program and in the WM_INITDIALOG, I do a GetWindowRect
( hDlg, &rect ), I get the dimensions to be 360 x 540 as against 240 x
320.

If this is due to rescaling at runtime based on font size how could i
avoid this ???

Regards
Barani.

On Nov 22, 12:36 am, Paul Monson <pa...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is this an .RC file? Could you post an example?

I suspect it could be that your dialog is layed out using dialog units,
which involves rescaling at runtime based on the system font size

Paul Monson
Intrinsyc

Baranidharan wrote:
Thanks a lot for your reply.
My doubt is that , Isnt VS 2005 Dialog editor supposed to WYSIWIG. I
am not resizing the dialog at runtime in the emulator. I just launch
the application but I do not see the dialog as it was in the WYSIWIG.
Is there any scaling involved behind the screens ?
Regards
On Nov 20, 7:30 pm, r_z_aret@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:59:16 -0800 (PST), Baranidharan
<baran...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I create a dialog window using the VS 2005 dialog editor, with
dimensions 240 x 320 (manually editing in the resource file) and add
some controls. When I test the dialog appearance using the "Test
Dialog" button things are ok but when I run the application on
emulator ( QVGA mode ) the placement and the sizes of the controls go
haphazard.
Dealing with multiple screen dimensions is becoming more and more
important, and is a somewhat hot topic. For info on my approach, see
my 8 Nov 07 contribution to a thread called " how to implement
resizing for a win32 dialog box" in
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui; it's code I use for "big"
Windows _and_ Windows CE platforms such as Pocket PC. I think
Microsoft is making some serious attempts to address the problem with
WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation).
Why is it happening ? What should i do to get it as i see in the
editor ?
Thanks in advance,
Regards
Barani.
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