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Gillmer J. Derge [TeamB] wrote:

> Magnus wrote:
> 
>> What could have caused this to happen and what can I do to prevent 
>> this and similar display "issues" in the future? Can this be caused by 
>> the display setting for the computer. (WinXP)
> 
> 
> Did he send you a screenshot?  The first thing I always wonder about 
> when I get a bug report is how many vital details have been left out of 
> the report because they're "obvious" to the tester.  It's rare that the 
> number is zero.

He did send a screenshot. All other (the window have 6 labels, fields 
and buttons in total) show normal.

The window can not be re-sized.

"Ordinary" fonts

  > Is he able to run the program in a way that opens a console window? 
  You
> might see some kind of exception backtrace that will help explain the 
> problem and where it's occurring.

Sorry, no!

>> panel1.add(comPortComboBox, new GridBagConstraints(1, 1, 1, 1, 1.0, 0.0
>>       , GridBagConstraints.CENTER, GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL,
>>       new Insets(28, 8, 0, 30), 14, -1));
> 
> 
> Two things hit me at first glance.  First, you have fairly large insets, 
> especially compared to the other component (all 0's).  Maybe the combo 
> box is getting squeezed out and doesn't have room.  More likely it's the 
> second issue though.
> 
> The last argument to the GridBagConstraints constructor is "ipady." 
> You're passing -1.  The documentation doesn't explicitly prohibit 
> negative values, but I doubt they're legal.  Try 0 or 1 and see if that 
> works better.
> 

The window was created using the XYLayout and then "automatically" 
converted to GBL (as the tutorial recommends). I have done this for > 30 
windows and only had to adjust a couple of times. That is where the -1 
comes from (and all other arguments).