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The_One
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Posted: Jan. 23 2003,23:49
Just saw the other thread/post, me dumb, teach me to read the damn board first eh!!!!! although i think i made a valid point for fixing it, it only affects 2 programs that i use, this and screendragon, and they are fixing it.

mp3ts v3.01, windows 2000 pro, 1400X1050, large font mode (the problem exposes itself when this is selected).

its a real pain! i cant read the text in normal font mode and in large font mode it covers a few of the usefull options, so lower the res i hear you cry, its a laptop! lower res means crappy quality text in epanded mode or same size anyway in non expanded.

All previous releases that i tried had the same problem.

I haved attached a screen-shot, there are infact 2, both showing different tabs, with different stuff hidden, i image due to the draw order.

could ya fix it in the next release please?

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Posted: Jan. 24 2003,12:45
The problem is that the messed up layout is not a result of my own code. The large fonts feature in Windows has a completely inexcusably stupid implementation in the operating system.

What it does is this:
Everytime I move any control in my program window, the operating system "corrects" the position and size of the object, because it knows that it has messed it up be rescaling the text in it. The problem is that this "correction" is exactly what messes up the entire layout. For some reason it seems to affect Delphi programs worse than other programs.

The only solution I have been able to find is to not move any controls in the program whatsoever, and this is what the "-noresize" command-line switch does (have you tried it?).

Hence, I cannot "fix" this until I know a way to stop the operating system from forcibly messing with my layout.

The problem you mention in that Screendragon program might or might not be the exact same, but if you give me an URL or a contact email address to them I can contact them to see if they have any useful tips anyway.

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Posted: Jan. 24 2003,15:32
I have indeed tried the -noresize option and it is much better, i have even discovered that if i make the dialog very large and then start it with the -noresize it gives me much more room to play with and allows access to all the controls (i think) in the main dialog, yipee!!!  But the msg screens and options dialogs (the preview one for instance) still is missing any buttons.  but as long as i am carefull it is now useable.

contact details for screendragon are: support@screen(antispam-removeme)dragon.com

Thanks for the incredably fast response, to an already (sort of) answered (sort of) problem, very impressed!
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Posted: Jan. 24 2003,18:19
Ok, I've mailed them now. I hope they have some good tips, since nobody wants to get rid of this problem more than I do. :(

Btw, I'll be going away for a week, starting tomorrow, so I won't be able to read or post on this board during this period, just so you know.

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