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Writing a real DPI-aware VFP application
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09/02/2021 06:07:15
Lutz Scheffler
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
 
 
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09/02/2021 06:03:44
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01678100
Message ID:
01678150
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>>So, I'm a bit confused for what of the problems you are working.
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>I'll try to reinstate it.
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>If an application is not declared as DPI aware (that's the case for a regular VFP application) Windows will scale the application graphics objects to match the scale settings in High DPI monitors.
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>This degrades the quality of the output in any non-DPI aware application, but it will also hurt a VFP 9 application badly if it uses the new report engine.
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>If an application declares that it is DPI aware, then Windows won't scale its graphics objects, and a VFP DPI aware application will appear graphically as designed. The problem is that, per se, it won't honor the DPI scale settings if above 100%.
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>The problem I'm trying to address is how to turn a VFP application into a real DPI aware application, not one that just declares it is so.

O.K. now I understand better. Thanks
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