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  • axapta
    #1

    Developing on a different resolution machine to clients

    I recently developed an application on my PC, which has quite a large screen
    and a high resolution. When it was deployed, clients who had a different
    configuration had problems with seeing all the controls and they had to use
    scroll bars!!
    Potentially all applications will be used by a wide range of users with
    different settings; is there a preferred way to designing applications to
    meet the needs of all end users? For this application, I'll just compact
    the controls on each screen but is there a better way?

    Thanks

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    • Jan Hyde (VB MVP)
      #2
      Re: Developing on a different resolution machine to clients

      "axapta" <jas.jackie@gma il.com>'s wild thoughts were
      released on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:58 +0100 bearing the
      following fruit:
      >I recently developed an application on my PC, which has quite a large screen
      >and a high resolution. When it was deployed, clients who had a different
      >configuratio n had problems with seeing all the controls and they had to use
      >scroll bars!!
      >Potentially all applications will be used by a wide range of users with
      >different settings; is there a preferred way to designing applications to
      >meet the needs of all end users? For this application, I'll just compact
      >the controls on each screen but is there a better way?
      Design your forms for the miminum resolution you intend to
      support. That is really the only way to do it.


      --
      Jan Hyde

      https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

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        • kimiraikkonen
          #3
          Re: Developing on a different resolution machine to clients

          On Jun 19, 4:31 pm, "Jan Hyde (VB MVP)"
          <StellaDrin...@ REMOVE.ME.uboot .comwrote:
          "axapta" <jas.jac...@gma il.com>'s wild thoughts were
          released on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:58 +0100 bearing the
          following fruit:
          >
          I recently developed an application on my PC, which has quite a large screen
          and a high resolution. When it was deployed, clients who had a different
          configuration had problems with seeing all the controls and they had to use
          scroll bars!!
          Potentially all applications will be used by a wide range of users with
          different settings; is there a preferred way to designing applications to
          meet the needs of all end users? For this application, I'll just compact
          the controls on each screen but is there a better way?
          >
          Design your forms for the miminum resolution you intend to
          support. That is really the only way to do it.
          >
          --
          Jan Hyde
          >
          https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde
          Axapta,
          Well, normally if your problem is not about docking, anchoring and
          aligning the objects on your form (and shouldn't be problem as long as
          you set them correctly), you may also consider tweaking your form on
          load based on the resolutions that your clients have:

          ' To get all native screen-resolution(full screen)
          "Screen.Primary Screen.Bounds.W idth" and
          "Screen.Primary Screen.Bounds.H eight"

          ' and just for WorkingArea:

          "Screen.Primary Screen.WorkingA rea...."

          Hope this helps,

          Onur Güzel

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            • axapta
              #4
              Re: Developing on a different resolution machine to clients

              "Screen" is not recognised. What namespace is this in?
              Thanks
              "kimiraikko nen" <kimiraikkonen8 5@gmail.comwrot e in message
              news:1d4b9378-5b07-494e-8169-d965abb54297@y3 8g2000hsy.googl egroups.com...
              On Jun 19, 4:31 pm, "Jan Hyde (VB MVP)"
              <StellaDrin...@ REMOVE.ME.uboot .comwrote:
              "axapta" <jas.jac...@gma il.com>'s wild thoughts were
              released on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:58 +0100 bearing the
              following fruit:
              >
              I recently developed an application on my PC, which has quite a large
              screen
              and a high resolution. When it was deployed, clients who had a different
              configuration had problems with seeing all the controls and they had to
              use
              scroll bars!!
              Potentially all applications will be used by a wide range of users with
              different settings; is there a preferred way to designing applications to
              meet the needs of all end users? For this application, I'll just compact
              the controls on each screen but is there a better way?
              >
              Design your forms for the miminum resolution you intend to
              support. That is really the only way to do it.
              >
              --
              Jan Hyde
              >
              https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde
              Axapta,
              Well, normally if your problem is not about docking, anchoring and
              aligning the objects on your form (and shouldn't be problem as long as
              you set them correctly), you may also consider tweaking your form on
              load based on the resolutions that your clients have:

              ' To get all native screen-resolution(full screen)
              "Screen.Primary Screen.Bounds.W idth" and
              "Screen.Primary Screen.Bounds.H eight"

              ' and just for WorkingArea:

              "Screen.Primary Screen.WorkingA rea...."

              Hope this helps,

              Onur Güzel

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