Hi. :)

I designed a program in XP - though my operating system is Vista. I have a virtual machine which runs XP with VS 2008, SQL server etc on so my OS runs fine when I don't need to development.

So, I made this nice program which looks fine in XP. I've now installed the program in Vista and it looks pretty bad. My gridview columns go off the screen for example. My calendar control barely shows the Saturday dates as they chop off the side of the control.

Anyway I can keep the forms relative in XP and Vista? Is this a problem with resolutions? What if the program is installed on other people's machines at different resolutions etc.

Thanks,
Ricky

It is not a resolution problem, it is a scaling problem. The Vista machine runs with a larger system font and Windows Forms needs to make the controls bigger so the text will still fit inside them. You need to accommodate that in your layout. Avoid setting the sizes of your form and control after they are created.

To test this and not constantly having to switch between machines, you can change the form's Font property in the Load event.

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Hans Passant.

Hi,
Set the anchor property for all yourwindows formscontrols.and check your form with all resolution.i hope it will help you

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It is not a resolution problem, it is a scaling problem. The Vista machine runs with a larger system font and Windows Forms needs to make the controls bigger so the text will still fit inside them. You need to accommodate that in your layout. Avoid setting the sizes of your form and control after they are created.

To test this and not constantly having to switch between machines, you can change the form's Font property in the Load event.

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Hans Passant.

Hi,
Set the anchor property for all yourwindows formscontrols.and check your form with all resolution.i hope it will help you

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Best Regards, C.Gnanadurai ----------------------- Please mark the post as answer if it is helpfull to you

Hi all

Thanks for the replies. They have been helpful.

Thanks,
Ricky