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Paul Nichols [TeamB] wrote:
> I understand your scenario here. But the problem with XY layout remains.
> Even on the same OS, you are going to have inconsistencies with different
> machines that use different monitors and/or Graphics cards. XY uses an
> layout that arranged pixels according to the grid. That grid will be drawn
> differently, under the restrictions of resolution and/or graphic matrix (at
> least that is my experience). Grid bag makes sense, since it adapts to
> these changes (also my experience). However, there are several
> Layoutmanagers in the open source world that can approximate XY and give
> you better results. However, you may lose some of the GUI designer if you
> use them. But it might be worthwhile to see how they work.
> 
> Here are some of interest:
> 
> http://www.softbear.com/people/larry/javalm.htm
> 
> Good luck!!
> 

And I'll chime in with one more extremely common and simple GUI change 
on Windows that immediately breaks XYLayout.

Go into your display settings, and choose "Use Large Fonts".  You get a 
lot of 40-somethings refusing to get reading glasses using this.
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Regards,

Lori Olson [TeamB]

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