That is basically it - What I was not aware of small and large fonts appear
to be separate from the DPI in XP.
Changing the fonts in W2K will change the DPI, but I changed the fonts in XP
with no affect on the DPI.



Regards
Paul McKenzie
Analyst Programmer
SMSS Ltd.

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From: "Daryl Marsden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:48 PM
Subject: RE: [DUG] XP Help


> DPI=96 would work because that will be the setting on the design machine.
I
> know on Win2000 the DPI setting is driven by the system font size.  A
> display setting (advanced).  I've had trouble with users having a size
> different to the designed form DPI.  The only way I could be sure of
visual
> components staying in the same relative position on the form was to set
the
> forms Scaled property to false leaving the AutoSize false as well.  My
form
> is sizable and has components Anchored in various combinations of top,
> bottom, left and right.  Your problem I suspect is the same as I had with
> Scaling.  Scaling is applied relative to the form's designed DPI when the
> form is created.  This is the PixelsPerInch property of the form.  If you
> change this property then Scaled switches to true and it will scale itself
> even on the designers machine - you should see results as I did of
incorrect
> positioning.  96 DPI I suspect is what most computers are set up with
these
> days on 1024x768 and Small Font.  But some of my users complain that what
I
> design is too small for them to see on screen (do they need glasses?).
> Perhaps I need to enlarge the font as designed but then those users
usually
> have 800x600 desktop and the form gets too big to fit.  How do you win?
>
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