how to decide the Form size property to fit with the target PC's Monitor

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I developed an application in C#2010 in my PC. it have many forms .I have defined the forms size (width=1285,Height=950) in the code ,and in the size property of Forms . this worked fine for the PC in which I developed the Application. but when I install the application to another PC which is having different monitor resolution and different monitor size the form is not displayed properly. some portion of the form not visible.

how I can make the form to fit to any PC,Monitor irrespective of its size or resolution.the code I used is shown below

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 private void MC_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.Width = 1285;
            this.Height = 950;
            Point p = new Point(0, 0);
            this.Location = p;

}

Posted 31-Oct-11 3:50am

MohammadIqbal

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Philippe Mori 31-Oct-11 18:17pm

You should design for smaller supported screen size. If the resolution is lower than that, then scrollbar could be used.

1024x768 minus borders and taskbar would generally be the maximum dimension you should uses. The heigh is further reduced, if you plan to support netbooks.

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fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 1 · 2011-10-31T04:50:00

Solution 2

Always design your forms to a minimum specification of screen size and then use the anchors, alignments as Mehdi suggests to help the form resize properly. It is always easier to scale up a design than to scale down which is why I suggest you do it this way.

Posted 31-Oct-11 4:50am

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Espen Harlinn 31-Oct-11 16:12pm

Good advice, Marcus :)

Mehdi Gholam · Answer 2 · 2011-10-31T04:45:00

Solution 1

Use anchors, alignments and dock properties on your controls in your forms.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/174355/how-do-i-resize-my-panels-when-resizing-the-main-form-in-a-winforms-application[^]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8y52cxte%28v=vs.80%29.aspx[^]

http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/winforms/part7.shtml[^]

Posted 31-Oct-11 4:45am

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Espen Harlinn 31-Oct-11 16:11pm

5'ed!