The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.5
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, version 2.5
SUMMARY
When you are creating screens for multiple platforms and different
screen resolutions, the following guidelines may be helpful.
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- Design the screen on the MS-DOS platform; you can make it "pretty"
on the Windows platform. If the screen is going to be used with
different resolutions, be sure to use the lowest resolution (that
is, 640 x 480). For example, design the screen in FoxPro for MS-DOS
if the screen will be used on the MS-DOS and Windows platforms; use
VGA if the screen will be used with a variety of resolutions on the
Windows platform.
- Use a monospace font (for example, Courier New) when transporting
the screen from MS-DOS to Windows. Once the screen has been
transported, the GETs should remain in the monospace font. The use
of fonts other than a monospace font should be reserved for the
SAYs.
- Footers do not exist on the Windows platform. When you transport a
screen with a footer from MS-DOS, the footer will be removed on the
Windows side. NOTE: If this screen is then transported back to
MS-DOS, the footer will not exist on the MS-DOS screen either.
- Moving objects on either platform does not affect their placement
on the other platform.
- Adding objects or changing an object's properties will cause the
changes to be reflected in the other platform. Adding objects or
changing object properties will trigger the transporter when the
screen is opened on a different platform, and the transporter will
give you the option of carrying the changes over to this new
platform.
- When you are working with different resolutions on the Windows
platform, be careful about using the 1024 large font mode. FoxPro
bases the row and column coordinates of objects on a screen (and
therefore much of the placement and sizing) on the current font.
Choosing large fonts causes Windows to automatically scale the
selected font size up. However, how Windows does this varies
according to the particular font selected. For example, FoxFont
will probably not be scaled because FoxPro provides only two fixed
sizes. If you have used a variety of fonts in different objects and
windows, some items may be distorted when the screen is moved
between different resolutions. To avoid this problem, use only one
font; if you need to use more fonts, use all TrueType fonts. If you
use FoxFont, use it exclusively because of its limited point sizes.
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