Re: Explain XYLayout vs GridbagLayout to a Delphi user!

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From: Paul Furbacher [TeamB]
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 04:51

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John McGrath [TeamB] wrote:

> On 10/22/2004 at 1:21:20 PM, Paul Furbacher [TeamB] wrote:
> 
>> You are right, but no one wants to admit that 99% of Windows
>> programs fail in this regard.  (Am I exaggerating with that
>> number?)
> 
> I have not run into it that much in Windows program, but I do run
> into it quite a bit.  ...

Doesn't it frequently happen when one resets
the Display Properties > Settings > Advanced
 > General : Display -- Font size: from small
to large or other.  I seem to remember that
few programmers ever test this and as a
result, their labels and whatnot are invariably
cutoff in the resizing which occurs.

Anyway, why am I writing about this? [rhetorical]


-- 


Paul Furbacher (TeamB)

   Save time, search the archives:
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   Is it in Joi Ellis's Faq-O-Matic?
        http://www.visi.com/~gyles19/fom-serve/cache/1.html

   Finally, please send responses to the newsgroup only.
   That means, do not send email directly to me.
   Thank you.

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