1 Form, 2 Pc's, Different results

Maayan Porat

Delphi Developer

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 03:00:00 GMT

1 Form, 2 Pc's, Different results

Hi,

I wrote an application with few forms. The forms apear different on two
different pc's, one with 14" monitor and the other with 15". The form is
not only bigger or smaller it's a bit of a mess on the monitor which it
has not been developed on.

Can anyone tell me some of the rules one should follow in order to
achieve the same look of a form on different monitors.

Please Email me to maa...@commit.co.il

Thanks and goodbye,

Maayan.

Philip Blond

Delphi Developer

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:1 Form, 2 Pc's, Different results

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>Can anyone tell me some of the rules one should follow in order to
>achieve the same look of a form on different monitors.

It probably has something to do with the scaling property of the form. Check
out the help file.

Jason Wallac

Delphi Developer

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:1 Form, 2 Pc's, Different results

What resolution are the two different computers using? (640x480 vs.
800x600? Color depth? Small or Large fonts?) --- A helluva lot more
detail is needed, but that'll get you looking in the right direction....

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Maayan Porat wrote in message <34F0888A.E290...@commit.co.il>...
>Hi,

>I wrote an application with few forms. The forms apear different on two
>different pc's, one with 14" monitor and the other with 15". The form is
>not only bigger or smaller it's a bit of a mess on the monitor which it
>has not been developed on.

>Can anyone tell me some of the rules one should follow in order to
>achieve the same look of a form on different monitors.

>Please Email me to maa...@commit.co.il

>Thanks and goodbye,

>Maayan.

Bristen Bourq

Delphi Developer

Sat, 12 Aug 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:1 Form, 2 Pc's, Different results

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>>Can anyone tell me some of the rules one should follow in order to
>>achieve the same look of a form on different monitors.

>It probably has something to do with the scaling property of the form.
Check
>out the help file.

I had the same problem, but by setting the Form.Scaled property to False, it
solved the problem... although I do not understand why it would work on some
machines and not on others... I had two machines set at 800x600, 16 bit
color... it worked on one, and not the other one... I dunno why, but the
scaled property fixed it anyways...

Good luck,
Bryce

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Philip Blond

Delphi Developer

Sat, 12 Aug 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:1 Form, 2 Pc's, Different results

Quote

>I had the same problem, but by setting the Form.Scaled property to False,
it
>solved the problem... although I do not understand why it would work on
some
>machines and not on others... I had two machines set at 800x600, 16 bit
>color... it worked on one, and not the other one... I dunno why, but the
>scaled property fixed it anyways...

Like I said, it has to do with the font size. If you create an application
on a computer using small fonts (in the desktop settings) and you run it on
one with the large font option set, then Delphi starts resizing everything.
Hence it can look fine on one computer but messed up on another.

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