monitor resolution problem

[hrishiS]

Hello to everyone, I am facing the following problem with Vb.Net2005 project for different resolution monitor. Initially I was doing my VB.net project using a 17 inch monitor. Now when I shifted my project to a flat LCD monitor with different resolution, my ALL CONTROLS POSITION ARE NOT LIKE BEFORE......In future I may have to shift my project to different monitor again. Moreover for deploying the project also, I don't know the resolution of clients monitor in advance.... Could anyone please give me solution for this. Thanks in advance I am a learner Always

[Christian Graus]

Best bet is to buy a good VB.NET book. Read it. Look up 'dock' and 'anchor' in the index for how to lay out your controls so they resize for the form.

Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

[hrishiS]

HI Christian, Thanks for your reply... I have at least 500 controls all over the project. Is there any way to do the same together or something like that.. Thanks

I am a learner Always

[praveenkumar palla]

Set the Anchor property for each control according to your design Your controls will be placed according to the resolution

[Christian Graus]

No, of course not. What magical way would there be to do that, unless you just want them all to sit on the top left of the form. Buy that book, and next time, set these things as you work on the project.

Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

[hrishiS]

thanks praveen..... So can I just select all controls on the form and set the anchor? I am a learner Always

[Dave Kreskowiak]

No, you can't. The controls are already anchored, by default, to the top left corner of the form. Changing the anchor for all of the controls all at once will only cause you extreme grief. Really, anchoring and layouts should have been done eariler in the apps development. It sounds like you're missing proper anchoring and proper use of flow and table layout panel controls. The bottom line is that there is no easy way around your problem. Fixing this is going to take a lot of work that you simply cannot automate or do in a day or two.

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[hrishiS]

thanks Dave, I think I will have to stick to not anchoring anything....no other go

I am a beginner