>>What is a general rule of thumb to use for maximum screen resolution when designing forms? Although, what I am working on currently is for my own use, I do want to make it portable. Is there any standard?
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>We design our apps for 800x600, and most forms can be resized, and preferences are saved. That means that anyone above 800x600 can effciently use their space.
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>FWIW, the minium resolution XP will run in is 800x600, opposed to 9x's 640x480, so we're noticing an upwards trend in resolutions.

Mike,

I'm curious how you handle saving/restoring all the user-specific application environment settings...like column widths, etc. Where did you draw the line on what the user could and could not change?

Renoir