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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / WinForm General / April 2005making forms larger than screen size
is there a way to resize a form so that it's bigger than the screen size of the windows?? I mean if you run your windows with 780x1024 resolution you won't be able to set your height or width to any thing larger than this.. this is really stupid from the IDE to prevent developers from resizing the form larger than the screen area since this would enable you to get a lot of space in design time and/or using scroll bars to put lot of controls in one window.. Old Visual Studio didn't have this limitation.. anyone knows a workaround for this??? You can set the size of the form using the Size property in the Properties window. I just tried it and it allows you to set the size larger than the IDE window. -- Rodger Constandse <http://www.SequenceDiagramEditor.com> Sequence Diagram Editor - A quick and easy way to draw and edit sequence diagrams > (Type your message here) > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > <Id>/ORUU75l20+l5QvA6bsPPg==</Id> "Rodger Constandse" <rodgercngNOSPAM@effexis.com> schrieb: > You can set the size of the form using the Size property in the Properties > window. I just tried it and it allows you to set the size larger than the > IDE window. Forms cannot be larger than the screen. When entering a value greater than the form's size it will be reset.  SignatureM S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> There is no OS limitations. The size of the form is corrected inside the Form's SetBoundsCore virtual portected method. I've been told that this problem had been fixed for .NET 2.0. SignatureStoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP] > "Rodger Constandse" <rodgercngNOSPAM@effexis.com> schrieb: >> You can set the size of the form using the Size property in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Forms cannot be larger than the screen. When entering a value greater > than the form's size it will be reset. "Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]" <100@100.com> schrieb: > There is no OS limitations. > The size of the form is corrected inside the Form's SetBoundsCore virtual > portected method. I've been told that this problem had been fixed for .NET > 2.0. Mhm... But why does this limitation apply to other applications (Notepad, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio .NET, ...) too? The limitation still exists in VS 2005 February CTP. SignatureM S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> Do you know if VS2005 will support multiple monitor setups? It would be cool to put the form designer or code editor on one screen and the toolbox, server explorer, etc. on the other. Hello Chris, > Do you know if VS2005 will support multiple monitor setups? It would > be cool to put the form designer or code editor on one screen and the > toolbox, server explorer, etc. on the other. If I understand you correctly, I can do this now in VS2003(or VC6 for that matter). Its not a feature of the application. SignatureAjay Kalra [MVP - VC++] ajaykalra@yahoo.co I wasn't aware. I'll have to try it. thanks >> Do you know if VS2005 will support multiple monitor setups? It would >> be cool to put the form designer or code editor on one screen and the >> toolbox, server explorer, etc. on the other. > > If I understand you correctly, I can do this now in VS2003(or VC6 for > that matter). Its not a feature of the application. Yep, it works. Shame you can't have code on one screen, and the forms/controls designers on the other! SignatureDanny Hello Danny, > Yep, it works. Shame you can't have code on one screen, and the > forms/controls designers on the other! That actually is a very good idea. I never looked into that possibility. Perhaps its already there. SignatureAjay Kalra [MVP - VC++] ajaykalra@yahoo.com >> Yep, it works. Shame you can't have code on one screen, and the >> forms/controls designers on the other! > > That actually is a very good idea. I never looked into that possibility. > Perhaps its already there. If it is, I can't find a way to do it. So I always have Property & Solution Explorer on the second screen. It'd be nice to be able to see a visual representation at the same time as code (how many times do you Ctrl+Tab back and forth from code to design to check things!) :-( SignatureDanny Been working dual monitors in 2003 without any issues. > Hello Chris, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > If I understand you correctly, I can do this now in VS2003(or VC6 for that > matter). Its not a feature of the application. There is no limitation in Notepad or any application. The tracking size is limited by the OS, which means you cannot drag and resize a window bigger than whatever GetSystemMetrics for SM_CXMAXTRACK and SM_CYMAXTRACK returns. The last can be controlled via processing WM_GETMINMAXINFO message. Though, programmatically you can set any size you want. The size is limited only by the datatype that windows API uses - 32 bit integer for WinNT platforms and 16 bit integer for Win9x if I'm not mistaking. > "Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP]" <100@100.com> schrieb: >> There is no OS limitations. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Internet Explorer, Visual Studio .NET, ...) too? The limitation still > exists in VS 2005 February CTP. Stoitcho Goutsev (100) [C# MVP] wrote: > Though, programmatically you can set any size you want. The size is limited > only by the datatype that windows API uses - 32 bit integer for WinNT > platforms and 16 bit integer for Win9x if I'm not mistaking. Hey, it's a good job they've double the size of that integer - imagine the panic we'd have had when our new monitors support > 32k pixel resolutions!! ;-D Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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