Developing on a different resolution machine to clients

[axapta]

I recently developed an application on my PC, which has quite a large screen
and a high resolution. When it was deployed, clients who had a different
configuration had problems with seeing all the controls and they had to use
scroll bars!!
Potentially all applications will be used by a wide range of users with
different settings; is there a preferred way to designing applications to
meet the needs of all end users? For this application, I'll just compact
the controls on each screen but is there a better way?

Thanks

[Jan Hyde (VB MVP)]

"axapta" <ja********@gmail.com>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:58 +0100 bearing the
following fruit:

>I recently developed an application on my PC, which has quite a large screen
and a high resolution. When it was deployed, clients who had a different
configuration had problems with seeing all the controls and they had to use
scroll bars!!
Potentially all applications will be used by a wide range of users with
different settings; is there a preferred way to designing applications to
meet the needs of all end users? For this application, I'll just compact
the controls on each screen but is there a better way?

Design your forms for the miminum resolution you intend to
support. That is really the only way to do it.
--
Jan Hyde

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

[kimiraikkonen]

On Jun 19, 4:31 pm, "Jan Hyde (VB MVP)"
<[e-mail]:

"axapta" <[e-mail]>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:58 +0100 bearing the
following fruit:

I recently developed an application on my PC, which has quite a large screen
and a high resolution. When it was deployed, clients who had a different
configuration had problems with seeing all the controls and they had to use
scroll bars!!
Potentially all applications will be used by a wide range of users with
different settings; is there a preferred way to designing applications to
meet the needs of all end users? For this application, I'll just compact
the controls on each screen but is there a better way?

Design your forms for the miminum resolution you intend to
support. That is really the only way to do it.

--
Jan Hyde

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

Axapta,
Well, normally if your problem is not about docking, anchoring and
aligning the objects on your form (and shouldn't be problem as long as
you set them correctly), you may also consider tweaking your form on
load based on the resolutions that your clients have:

' To get all native screen-resolution(full screen)
"Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width" and
"Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height"

' and just for WorkingArea:

"Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea...."

Hope this helps,

Onur Güzel

[axapta]

"Screen" is not recognised. What namespace is this in?
Thanks
"kimiraikkonen" <ki*************@gmail.comwrote in message
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On Jun 19, 4:31 pm, "Jan Hyde (VB MVP)"
<[e-mail]:

"axapta" <[e-mail]>'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:58 +0100 bearing the
following fruit:

I recently developed an application on my PC, which has quite a large
screen
and a high resolution. When it was deployed, clients who had a different
configuration had problems with seeing all the controls and they had to
use
scroll bars!!
Potentially all applications will be used by a wide range of users with
different settings; is there a preferred way to designing applications to
meet the needs of all end users? For this application, I'll just compact
the controls on each screen but is there a better way?

Design your forms for the miminum resolution you intend to
support. That is really the only way to do it.

--
Jan Hyde

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

Axapta,
Well, normally if your problem is not about docking, anchoring and
aligning the objects on your form (and shouldn't be problem as long as
you set them correctly), you may also consider tweaking your form on
load based on the resolutions that your clients have:

' To get all native screen-resolution(full screen)
"Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width" and
"Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height"

' and just for WorkingArea:

"Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea...."

Hope this helps,

Onur Güzel