Windows form size depending on screen resolution

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Hello ,

My windows form starts maximized. on my laptop it seems good but on another on it is not. it is large than my windows form size. I think that the screen resolution is the reason. so how can I make my windows form seem good on all PCs?

many thanks on advance.

Posted 5-Jun-11 6:04am

khaled377

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-06-05T06:27:00

Solution 1

Have a look at -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.screen.aspx[^]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229605.aspx[^]

Posted 5-Jun-11 6:27am

Abhinav S

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Monjurul Habib 5-Jun-11 12:35pm

nice links,my 5.

Abhinav S 5-Jun-11 12:39pm

Thank you.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Jun-11 21:51pm

Agree, my 5, but please look at my solution, too.
--SA

Monjurul Habib · Answer 2 · 2011-06-05T06:34:00

Solution 2

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winforms/thread/4b162ab2-4be7-435d-9b40-723d50ab6596[^]

Posted 5-Jun-11 6:34am

Monjurul Habib

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Abhinav S 5-Jun-11 12:39pm

Should help the OP. 5.

Monjurul Habib 5-Jun-11 13:37pm

thank you.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Jun-11 21:52pm

Useful link, my 5, but I think the resolution-tolerant design is much better approach.
Please see my solution.
--SA

Abhinav S 5-Jun-11 23:49pm

Thanks for the 5.

Monjurul Habib 6-Jun-11 4:14am

thank you--SA.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 3 · 2011-06-05T15:50:00

Solution 3

Please see my past advices to get a resolution-tolerant design:
Zom Out malfunctions when Screen resolution changes[^].

See related past answer:
GUI Apperance - C#.Net[^].

—SA

Posted 5-Jun-11 15:50pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Abhinav S 5-Jun-11 23:50pm

Yes this is better. 5.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Jun-11 0:15am

Thank you, Abhinav.
--SA

Monjurul Habib 6-Jun-11 4:15am

Better Answer, my 5.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Jun-11 11:10am

Thank you, Monjurul.
--SA