Winforms Design On Different Screen Resolutions
Jan 23, 2011
I'm coming from ASP.NET background and lately I started developing winforms applications for my company, I had no problem with the move from ASP to winforms programing wise, the only thing i have problem with is to my program to look good across different screen resolutions, resolutions is big problem when developing for the web as well, but I already learned and know how to handle those problems and make my website to look good under almost any resolution what I'm really asking, can someone experienced in this area tell me what are the rules and guidelines i should follow and obey for my winforms application will look good in most resolutions.
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Jan 10, 2012
When designing a program I have designed it so it fits the screen I am working on. In this case the screen resolution is (1366x768).
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May 14, 2010
I have a webpage developed using VB.net when i run the webpage in different screen resolution i see some blankspace left in the right side corner of the screen(webpage).
want to know the solution to make the screen look fit in all screen resolutions..
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Nov 8, 2010
I need to change screen resolutions using my application.
How to:
1) Read current resolution
2) Changing it using my application and then returning to current on exit.
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Nov 8, 2010
I need to change screen resolutions using my application.How to:
1) Read current resolution
2) Changing it using my application and then returning to current on exit.
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Jan 14, 2012
I'm writing a piece of software at the moment which will require a form be full screen at all times. However, I am slightly plagued by the fact that my users will have varying screen resolutions. This makes placing controls etc very difficult. Any good techniques / tips to ensure that control layout looks consistent despite the screen resolution when an application is full screen. I'd like to try to avoid having to programmatically re-size and move controls based on screen res as this is a pain in the royal backside.
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Sep 18, 2009
Im trying to make the contents of my form appear in the center of the screen, no matter what screen resolution is being used.I have been searching the net and have found code similar to the following but i cant get anything to work.
Dim x As Integer = _
(Me.ClientSize.Width - GroupBox1.Width) 2
Dim y As Integer = _
[code]....
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May 3, 2010
I'm making a shell for a computer system this shell is going to be distributed with lots of different computers.The shell is designed to replace the standard windows look (not important but anyway), and as such, i need a way of allowing the user to change the screen resolution to what their monitors/display adapters can support. I'm looking for a way to call all the supported screen resolutions into a combo box.Preferably with the x and y values as separate variables, but that's not a major thing.
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Sep 1, 2011
I have a problem.How i can to make my program full screen for all resolutions ? i have 1280 x 1024 and if i change the resolutions, my program does not look good.
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Jun 9, 2011
I am developing windows form application on my laptop....but running my project on Desktop or laptop becomes different looks.how do i make it to be the same no matter the screen resolutions? i just need my project look same in all small or big screen resolutions.
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Aug 14, 2010
I have a program which draws a U.S. map on the screen. This display looks great on my wide-screen (16:9) monitor, but it looks a little stretched horizontally on my wife's standard (4:3) monitor. Is there some way I can tell VB to automatically adjust the picture when a standard resolution is being used?
If not, am I correct in thinking that standard definition monitors are going the way of the dinosaur, much like is happening with TV's, and in the future we'll be seeing more and more wide-screen monitors.
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Oct 26, 2010
I'm trying to make a very simple full screen program I'm going to use to launch Program.
(That copy bar isn't suppose to be there my computer just glitched and I didn't feel like restarting)
I can easily set the form to launch in full screen but if I do that nothing on the form adjust with it.
I was wondering if there's any easy way to get get everything to adjust to fit fullscreen?
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Dec 2, 2010
I am working on a windows forms project that will allow a user to have an interface to the database, and another will be a nightly run process file that will update the database table.The user will add new records to the table, whereas the nightly process will update the columns with new values (think mortgage interest rates)
Both these projects will be using the same business logic component that has the calculations needed to enter values into the table.The way I am figuring this out, is that I will have two exe's (one for the interface and one for the nightly process) and have a central object that will host the calculations. What would be the best object for this purpose?A class file?A windows service? (I want to stay away from a windows service, because it will have to be running all the time)
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Oct 4, 2010
I have a form that is used at design-time to configure various properties. I've tried two ways to do a form-level catch all exception:
(1) I add a handler to Application.ThreadException in the constructor.
(2) I wrap the Show method, of the form, in a Try/Catch block
Both of these work at run-time when I test by adding a property grid to a form and set my component as the SelectedObject. However, at design-time the form simply closes with no message whatsoever; neither my message nor any message explaining that there is an unhandled exception. This is not about debugging at design-time. It's about how to present the user with a friendly message when my type editor encounters an unhandled exception.
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Jun 11, 2010
I've created a custom clipboard because it's not possible to make my whole class map serializable - which is a requirement for the windows clipboard.However, I need to distinguish between users who are using my clipboard through a unique id. Basically, I want to be able identify a person who is sat at one PC with one or more copies of visual studio (or similar) open.
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Apr 27, 2012
Is there a shortcut to get to the designview form in a winforms project in visual studio 2010.F7 will take you to code behind class form and shift + F7 will take you to design mode. Is there a shortcut to filename.designer.cs formWhere you have the control definitions, delegates (for click event etc). defined. I go to the form often if I change the name of click event etc.I have to go through solution explorer and click on the file. Is there a shortcut like F7 that opens the designer.cs file?
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Jan 25, 2012
I'm trying to do a Report Designer for end user. Like the one that adds vb.net when u add to proyect a .rpt file. But i wanted to do it on the run, so the end user can change the desing of the report as they want.
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Mar 30, 2011
Is it possible to design my form like 3D? Or having my form displayed as a rounded rectangle?
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Mar 3, 2010
I have a class that has a readonly collection property - Its a list of extender providers that have been applied to the control.I've implemented a simple property descriptor for the collection so that the property can be expanded in the property grid to examine each entry.
When I select an extender provider and set it to false, I remove it from the collection. The GetProperties method of the type converter is requeried and the property grid refreshes.However, when I set an extender provider to true, and thus add it to the collection, GetProperties is not requeried.
Somehow, the property grid is making a distinction between adding to and removing from the collection. Or alternativly, its refreshing when an extender provider is added, but not when one is removed.
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Mar 11, 2010
(I've answered the question below with a hack. I'm fairly confident in it unless MS change the way that codedom serializers the designer code.)ETA2:I've worked out what is going on. I wondered why sometimes it would work and not others. It boils down to the name that I give to the internal property and the collection.If I rename the property 'Annoyance' to 'WTF', it will serialize correctly because 'WTF' is, alphabetically, after the name of the collection - 'InternalAnger'.It looks like the serializer is creating instances of objects alphabetically and needs my internal property to be created by the time it comes to create the collection.I can fix this with a rename, but that's a hack and I fear that writing a custom serializer is a big job - which I've never done before.ETA: Jesus, I'm sick of this. This problem was specifically about persisting an interface collection but now on further testing it doesn't work for a normal collection. Here's some even simpler code:
Public Class Anger
End Class
Public Class MyButton
[code].....
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Apr 27, 2011
i am in the process designing the screen of a report form.I would like to have the Report selection (button, search criteria) on the left hand side and crystal report on the right hand side of the form.My idea is such that:Report Selection take up 30% of the screen and Crystal Report take up 70% of the screen.User are able to view the crystal report immediately after they have filled in all the search criteria and press the OK button.My purpose of doing this is to avoid to have another pop up for crystal report.Is it possible to do so in VB.NET?
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Apr 3, 2012
I am using visual studio 2008 professional edition, and i need some help in my assignment project.below are my screen interface and my database design view, relationship view, and coding and this is my coding Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
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Aug 2, 2011
I have designed a complaints form for my work (free of charge just for my cv). I designed the form for the resolution 1280 x 1024. My problem is when a user with a smaller resolution say 800 x 600 uses it. The form will be out of sync with the screen as shown below (tested on my on computer). So I am wondering is there a way to test the screen size of the users computer then readjust the size of my controls according to the size of the screen. By the way all of my controls are anchored so that they stay in the same place.
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Jul 18, 2011
What code in VB.net 2010 do I need to set a window to come to the front of the screen. What I am trying to achieve is to display an urgent alert type, its a form, for certain reasons I am not using message box.
Following code does not work:
Private Sub frmMessage_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Me.BringToFront()
End Sub
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Feb 5, 2010
I have a vb.net 2.0 winforms application. When I open another application (like calculator) have the focus to it and try to close my application the screen freeze and I have to use ctrl + alt + del to get it to refresh.
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Aug 13, 2009
In Microsoft Access there was an easy method to turn off screen updates by setting Echo = False. Is there an equivalent in VB.NET for WinForms? I've got a situation where I'm trying to prevent users from seeing controls flickering while they're being updated. I could probably solve the problem by coding it differently, but would rather avoid it if I can.
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Jan 25, 2011
To create splash screen before InitializeComponent, the WithEvents statement for the BackgroundWorker component needs to be moved from the Form's Designer.vb file into the constructor as indicated in the first commented lines of the constructor below.
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Jun 29, 2011
BTW this issue occurs in any MS office program when the VB.Net (or even VBA) is processing information.Example: In Excel, a worksheet is displayed on the screen. I start either, a VB.Net or VBA procedure and within 30 seconds the Excel worksheet (previously displayed) blanks out. In both VB.Net and VBA,ScreenUpdating = False. My expectation is that the previously displayed screen would stay static as if I left my desk to get a cup of coffee; came back and the same ole Excel worksheet was still there?Of course, setting VBA Screen Updating = False accomplishes two goals: 1) speeds up processing and 2) saves the user from seeing unnecessary "garbage-processing" steps.Why does VBA or VB.Net ScreenUpdating = False not freeze the screen at the time of its invoking?
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Sep 6, 2009
i have been recently working on a project in VB 2008 it is a web browser. My Problem Lies in...when a form is opened on a smaller Monitor It does Not Look Normal (Stretches)
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Jul 24, 2006
How would I go about designing something that will work on many different resolutions? For example, i have my monitor on a very high resolution, and when i work on my projects, the actual controls (buttons, text boxes ,whatnot) are in the top left quarter of my screen, because the program will have to be deployed on 800x600 machines.
Is there anyway to make it so it will stretch and look appropriate on different resolutions?
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