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Re: Explain XYLayout vs GridbagLayout to a Delphi user!

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From: John McGrath [TeamB]
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:38
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On 10/23/2004 at 12:51:16 AM, Paul Furbacher [TeamB] wrote:

> 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.

It happens, but it is certainly not universal.  I have the DPI setting on
my primary development system set to "Large Fonts (120 DPI)", and I only
occasionally run into programs with problems.

-- 
Regards,

John McGrath [TeamB]

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