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A twip is a device-independant unit of measurement where as the size of a pixel may change depending upon the resolution of the end-users computer, which is why VB uses only twip's for design time unit of measurment. &nbsp;Your only other options for using pixels is the TwipsperpixelX and twipsperpixelY properties of the screen object.<br />

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A twip is a device-independant unit of measurement where as the size of a pixel may change depending upon the resolution of the end-users computer, which is why VB uses only twip's for design time unit of measurment.  Your only other options for using pixels is the TwipsperpixelX and twipsperpixelY properties of the screen object.


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Is there a way that I can stop using twips and start using pixels?<br />
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I want to start a new project and want to be able to type the width, height, and x,y coordinates in pixels instead of twips.<br />
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When I enter width = 320 and height = &nbsp;240 into the property fields for an object, I want the object to be 320 pixels by 240 pixels. I am sick of twips.
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Is there a way that I can stop using twips and start using pixels?

I want to start a new project and want to be able to type the width, height, and x,y coordinates in pixels instead of twips.

When I enter width = 320 and height =  240 into the property fields for an object, I want the object to be 320 pixels by 240 pixels. I am sick of twips.

Pixels not Twips?

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.