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  • David
    #1

    Screen resolution on deployment

    Could someone please advise how to cope with various screen resolutions
    that are used when an application is deployed to other machines that
    have different screen resolutions than the development machine.

    Should the application be developed in a moderate resolution screen
    (say 800 x 600) and then have the application switch the target machine
    to this mode when running ? If so, how would I do this.

    Or is there a way that the application scales itself to fit the mode of
    the target machine ?

    Thanks in advance

    Regards

    David
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    • Ken Tucker [MVP]
      #2
      Re: Screen resolution on deployment

      Hi,

      Controls have a dock and anchor properties to help with form
      resizing.

      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ingControl.asp

      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...nchortopic.asp

      Ken
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      "David" <groups@orbitco ms.com> wrote in message
      news:O8l4f.1906 7$U51.7958@news-server.bigpond. net.au...[color=blue]
      > Could someone please advise how to cope with various screen resolutions
      > that are used when an application is deployed to other machines that have
      > different screen resolutions than the development machine.
      >
      > Should the application be developed in a moderate resolution screen
      > (say 800 x 600) and then have the application switch the target machine to
      > this mode when running ? If so, how would I do this.
      >
      > Or is there a way that the application scales itself to fit the mode of
      > the target machine ?
      >
      > Thanks in advance
      >
      > Regards
      >
      > David[/color]


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        • Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
          #3
          Re: Screen resolution on deployment

          "David" <groups@orbitco ms.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
          > Could someone please advise how to cope with various screen resolutions
          > that are used when an application is deployed to other machines that have
          > different screen resolutions than the development machine.
          >
          > Should the application be developed in a moderate resolution screen
          > (say 800 x 600) and then have the application switch the target machine to
          > this mode when running ? If so, how would I do this.[/color]

          It's often a bad idea to change the users's screen resolution
          programmaticall y.
          [color=blue]
          > Or is there a way that the application scales itself to fit the mode of
          > the target machine ?[/color]

          I suggest to use resizable forms. You can use the controls' 'Anchor' and
          'Dock' properties to enable automatic positioning if the form is resized.
          When setting the form's 'WindowState' property to 'Maximized' the form will
          fill the whole desktop/screen. In addition, the form's 'MinimumSize' and
          'MaximumSize' properties can be used to set minimal and maximal bounds of
          the form.

          --
          M S Herfried K. Wagner
          M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
          V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

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            • Phill. W
              #4
              Re: Screen resolution on deployment

              "David" <groups@orbitco ms.com> wrote in message
              news:O8l4f.1906 7$U51.7958@news-server.bigpond. net.au...
              [color=blue]
              > Should the application be developed in a moderate resolution screen
              > (say 800 x 600) ...[/color]

              Yes.
              [color=blue]
              > ... and then have the application switch the target machine to this
              > mode when running ?[/color]

              Absolutely not!
              (unless you're writing an arcade game!).

              You'll annoy your users, who already have /their/ monitors set up
              the way /they/ want them and you can't even guarantee that the
              monitor (or whatever) that they're actually using supports /any/
              given resolution especially with the increase in LCD monitors,
              these days.
              [color=blue]
              > Or is there a way that the application scales itself to fit the mode
              > of the target machine ?[/color]

              Use the Anchor and Dock properties on each Control to take
              advantage of higher resolutions or, if you're developing forms that
              other Developers inherit from, be prepared to cut your own Layout
              code to position things (not entirely sure why, but using Anchoring in
              the base form gave me a /lot/ of grief).

              HTH,
              Phill W.


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                • Bob Powell [MVP]
                  #5
                  Re: Screen resolution on deployment

                  In addition to the valuable comments made by others on this thread you may
                  wish to look into custom layout schemes. The GotDotNet site has quite a bit
                  of information on this subject.

                  --
                  Bob Powell [MVP]
                  Visual C#, System.Drawing

                  Ramuseco Limited .NET consulting
                  http://www.ramuseco.com


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                  "David" <groups@orbitco ms.com> wrote in message
                  news:O8l4f.1906 7$U51.7958@news-server.bigpond. net.au...[color=blue]
                  > Could someone please advise how to cope with various screen resolutions
                  > that are used when an application is deployed to other machines that have
                  > different screen resolutions than the development machine.
                  >
                  > Should the application be developed in a moderate resolution screen
                  > (say 800 x 600) and then have the application switch the target machine to
                  > this mode when running ? If so, how would I do this.
                  >
                  > Or is there a way that the application scales itself to fit the mode of
                  > the target machine ?
                  >
                  > Thanks in advance
                  >
                  > Regards
                  >
                  > David[/color]


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