Programming for differing DPI settings

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WhiskRomeo - 25 Oct 2004 22:57 GMT

Newer monitors are coming out with a variety of dpi settings. But even
today, users can now change the dpi settings of a monitor which will screw up
the display of a web page/windows forms (especially one developed at lower
DPI settings).

If you develop for 120 dpi, it will not look correct at 150 or 200 dpi.
Several monitor manufactors have annouced future monitors that will display
at these settings.

Surely there are solutions which do not involve developing multiple copies
pages/forms for a particular DPI setting. I am not even sure that would work
since I know of no way to determin what DPI setting the user is using.

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WhiskRomeo - 25 Oct 2004 23:03 GMT

Sorry I met to post in the .Net newsgroup

> Newer monitors are coming out with a variety of dpi settings. But even
> today, users can now change the dpi settings of a monitor which will screw up
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> pages/forms for a particular DPI setting. I am not even sure that would work
> since I know of no way to determin what DPI setting the user is using.

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