I'm writing a basic application for use in an office environment. I
dont like the box standard (excuse the pun) windows forms shape, so am
using the transparency trick to hide part of a bmp set to the forms
background, to create the illusion of an irregular shaped form.
I use a 1024x768 screen resolution on a day to day basis, and 1152x864
when designing (one day i'll have a bigger and better monitor!) I'm
troubled in deciding how to best dimension my form application so that
it displays on both 800x600 screens, and 1024x768 screens...
I know that some apps check before startup and suggest a screen change,
but I also know that some apps just 'work' on a number of different
resolutions, microsoft word, internet explorer, ... ad infinitum for
instance.
My Question.
What should I do to create an application that runs nicely on a
1024x768 screen but also works ok on a 800x600 screen setup. Is there a
standard of agreed form sizes depending on what screen you want to
display on? For instance If i was just designing a form for 800x600 i
wouldn't set the form to that exact size, because the windows taskbar
would get in the way of part of the screen and i'd have to allow for
this in my app?
I'd apreciate any resolution (pun intended!) to my problems!
