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Hello guys.
I have a form that displays well on my computers, and on many differnet ones I tried (using Win2K, XP, and other OSs). I have a customer that on her computer it doesn't display good. She is using XP Pro (but I tested on 2 different XP Pro computers and it worked fine).
The thing is that the form is not sized correctly. First I thought it was with the "Height" value (I was changing this value in run-time) and after someone helped I changed it to ClientHeight. But this didn't fix it. I got her to do a screen capture, and I put on the web two files - the same form on my computer and on hers -
http://www.metalgrass.com/sam/1.gif
http://www.metalgrass.com/sam/2.gif
It seems that the form is simply smaller, or less things can be in the form. What am I to do? what can be the cause of this???
M.
I have a form that displays well on my computers, and on many differnet ones I tried (using Win2K, XP, and other OSs). I have a customer that on her computer it doesn't display good. She is using XP Pro (but I tested on 2 different XP Pro computers and it worked fine).
The thing is that the form is not sized correctly. First I thought it was with the "Height" value (I was changing this value in run-time) and after someone helped I changed it to ClientHeight. But this didn't fix it. I got her to do a screen capture, and I put on the web two files - the same form on my computer and on hers -
http://www.metalgrass.com/sam/1.gif
http://www.metalgrass.com/sam/2.gif
It seems that the form is simply smaller, or less things can be in the form. What am I to do? what can be the cause of this???
M.
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Hello Karamja.
This is a good idea. I still need lot's of work to do (because I'm playing with differnet panels, of differnet sizes) but I think this will solve it. I'll compile and send to my client, w'ell see if it is fixed.
I guess we should never use height/width and only use AutoSize, no? why is this happening???
R.
This is a good idea. I still need lot's of work to do (because I'm playing with differnet panels, of differnet sizes) but I think this will solve it. I'll compile and send to my client, w'ell see if it is fixed.
I guess we should never use height/width and only use AutoSize, no? why is this happening???
R.
Hi,
Put Form1.scaled to false, it is true by default.
Monir.
Put Form1.scaled to false, it is true by default.
Monir.
ASKER
The scale offer is interesting. Isn't putting it to "false" actually mess my form even more? scale sounds good!
M.
M.
You'll possibly recreate the problem on your own machine if you set it to use 'large fonts' (Control panel/Display/Appearance, I think).
If you want all forms to be identical (and ignore the large fonts setting), set Scaled to false, and use a 'Height' for the font size EVERYWHERE, instead of a 'Size'
(So, have a positive height and negative size. The default is a negative height and positive size!)
If you want all forms to be identical (and ignore the large fonts setting), set Scaled to false, and use a 'Height' for the font size EVERYWHERE, instead of a 'Size'
(So, have a positive height and negative size. The default is a negative height and positive size!)
it could be the resolution of the computers so u may want to check this
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Snehanshu - This is exactly what I did now, although a little more complicated because I have panels that are on/off depending on view. So I changed the panel sizes, and then set the form to autosize.
This seems to work, I'm still waiting for my client.
The resolution is not the thing I suspect - I checked it under 800X600 all the way to 1280X1024 and she is not using a higher resolution anyway.
M.
This seems to work, I'm still waiting for my client.
The resolution is not the thing I suspect - I checked it under 800X600 all the way to 1280X1024 and she is not using a higher resolution anyway.
M.
>>The resolution is not the thing I suspect
It is not the resolution but the display settings (in the appearence tab) of Windows XP. From the screen shots one can make out that your client has large or extra large font size while yours is not.
Good luck,
...Snehanshu
It is not the resolution but the display settings (in the appearence tab) of Windows XP. From the screen shots one can make out that your client has large or extra large font size while yours is not.
Good luck,
...Snehanshu
ASKER
Thanks Snehanshu. I was referring to gangsterboss suggestion about resolution, not the fonts thingy.
Cheerios.
R.
Cheerios.
R.
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
Form1.AutoSize:= True;
end;
Or
Set the AutoSize on the form properties value to True
Thx Karamja