Re: Explain XYLayout vs GridbagLayout to a Delphi user!

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From: John McGrath [TeamB]
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:38

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On 10/20/2004 at 9:11:12 AM, Paul Furbacher [TeamB] wrote:

> > 1.  Why is XYLayout to be avoided?
> 
> Because, unlike Delphi, you potentially run
> your application on any platform.  Are the
> fonts sizes, etc., the same on a Mac, Linux,
> and Windows?  

This seems to imply that variable sizes is not an issue for Delphi or
native Windows applications, but that is not the case.  You can change
the DPI setting for your display (under Display Properties | Settings |
Advanced | General | DPI Setting), and text will render larger than it
"normally" does.  I have run across a number of Windows programs that do
not deal with this properly, causing labels to overlap, etc.

-- 
Regards,

John McGrath [TeamB]

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