> I'm proposing that if I don't want the user to deal with > scroll bars, I have to choose a form size that's identical or smaller > to the screen resolution the user will have his display set to.
Not that fuzzy! I have dealt with the same concern a while ago. One way to approach the problem is to set your developing machine to its highest supported resolution and then visually design your forms and components. Note the postions and sizes of all forms and components, and in the OnCreate event of esch form, redefine the sizes and positions of the forms and controls on the forms, using the relative sizes and positions at design, in proportion with your screen height and width. You may want want your MainForm.Width to equal Screen.Width, and MainForm.Height to equal Screen.WorkAreaHeight, or whatever your design width and height multiplied by Screen.Width or Screen.Height divided by your machine screen settings of width or height: procedure TMainform.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); begin Height := Screen.WorkAreaHeight; // or Height := round((737 * 768)/Screen.Height); Width := Screen.Width; // or Width := round((985 * 1024)/screen.width); Top := 0; // or round((design top*768)/screen.Height); Left:= 0; // or round((design left*1024)/screen.width); end; In this illustration I would show a full screen version of my MainForm in any screen resolution, or would keep the same visual presentation of my my MainForm at design time, proportionnally to my screen resolution. The second alternative assumes a 1024 X 768 screen settings, on the developing machine. Let's say a TPanel dropped on your MainForm is 36 left, 30 top, and 210 height, and 907 width. If you want to keep the same aspect ratio of your control at runtime in all screen resolution, you redefine the size and position of the Panel in your TMainForm.FormCreate procedure: .... with Panel1 do begin Left := round((36 * 1024)/Screen.Width); Top := round((30 * 768)/Screen.Height); Width := round((907 * 1024)/Screen.Width); Height := round((210 * 768)/Screen.Height); end; HTH Emmanuel ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
