Suggestions For Touch Screen Form Sizes [C#]

[MikeY]

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for suggestions for touch screen form sizes. Or better yet
dealing with forms very various screen sizes. How to deal with anchoring
buttons etc and so they don't overlap with bigger screen size.

I'm trying to build a hospitality touch screen application w/ Window forms.
However I am getting a bit flustered with choosing what size of the form I
should have (base my application on). I have been measuring various monitor
sizes and they vastly very. Some have big screens, some very small. Should I
start my form small so the application can expand according to the windows
state size. Start big and shrink to the windows state size. My application
will have a fair amount of custom buttons and in practice with anchoring, if
they shrink/grow too much, it will distorts the appearance of the
application.

Any and all help, concerns, tips etc, etc is appreciated. Also, any and all
other concerns tips on doing this type of application is appreciated as
well.

MikeY

PS I've posted on form forum But there were no responses. So sorry if you've
seen this post before.

[Mike]

"MikeY" <mi*******@yaho.com> wrote in message
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Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for suggestions for touch screen form sizes. Or better yet
dealing with forms very various screen sizes. How to deal with anchoring
buttons etc and so they don't overlap with bigger screen size.

I'm trying to build a hospitality touch screen application w/ Window
forms. However I am getting a bit flustered with choosing what size of the
form I should have (base my application on). I have been measuring various
monitor sizes and they vastly very. Some have big screens, some very
small. Should I start my form small so the application can expand
according to the windows state size. Start big and shrink to the windows
state size. My application will have a fair amount of custom buttons and
in practice with anchoring, if they shrink/grow too much, it will distorts
the appearance of the application.

Any and all help, concerns, tips etc, etc is appreciated. Also, any and
all other concerns tips on doing this type of application is appreciated
as well.
Probably the less on the screen, the better -- to avoid scrolling
all-together, and minimize the effects dynamic resizing.
I'd think a "wizard" approach would be the best -- one smallish "natural
group" of controls at a time, and "Next", "Back" and "Start Over" on the
bottom. (Assuming this is a general pubic side UI and not for experts in the
domain that will use it all the time - then I assume you'd use a
mouse/keyboard anyway...)

m


MikeY

PS I've posted on form forum But there were no responses. So sorry if
you've seen this post before.