Thanks for the info - sadly it has nothing todo with the bug I'm talking
about....
Try this...
Change Font Size to 120dpi and open some dialog boxes, specifically print
dialogs or ome of the control panel dialogs, every dialog that is contained
within the dialog class intance which is Not sizable on startup....
I realise that most software usually startup these dialogs with there own
set of properties - but there is a defualt set of properties for the dialog
in question - and therfore if these were to be changed then a whole multitude
of programs that instance that class with defualt properties will be either
resizable/size to fit or have new default widht/heights and therfore fit the
contents of the oversized fonted dialogs within.
Thankyou for your help... I'm still searching though.
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"Mary Sauer" wrote:
> http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
>
> Window Control Buttons Shrink After You Use the Accessibility Wizard
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306280/en-us
>
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> http://officebeta.iponet.net/en-us/p...649111033.aspx
>
> "ErlyRisa" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:E04429A2-6877-4022-82C5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Well, I'm a MS user since the old days of 640x480 EGA graphics.
> >
> > But now-adays we use riduculous resolutions don't we.
> >
> > My question: About who I should ask this question from.....
> >
> > Windows started off with dialogs that were meant for a certain size font.
> > Microsoft realised that the older generation don't like tiny fonts so they
> > added Accesability Features into Windows. For backwards compatibility though
> > they left the dialogs Specifically the container class #32770 as it was.
> >
> > #32770 is still the same today as it was in the old days. The qustion is
> > what does this have todo with accessibility features....
> >
> > Well as you guessed Windows' Container Dialog doesn't resize automatically
> > to fit it's contents (only recently been cured with .net dialogs) - when you
> > increase the font size with accesibilty features or the DPI settings, or even
> > go through and Change the resource standard font sizes in the libraries
> > themselves, any dialog which is invoked with a container dialog will have
> > it's contents overflowed.
> >
> > Why microsoft hasn't fixed this pretty darn obvious flaw I don't know - I
> > don't really care I want to fix it - and I am sure everyone else that has to
> > setup computers for the Elederly would like to be able to keep the monitor
> > resolution at a standard level (especially today with LCDs you should keep
> > the resolution native to the monitor, otherwise it's blurry) yet increase the
> > font size and not have to worry about Print dialog boxes not being able to
> > display all the controls within.
> >
> > My question is how should I fix this, (Where should I post the question to
> > get an answer)
> >
> > -
> >
> > I know I should get a life - but it's been 15years plus now and microsoft
> > still hasn;t bothered to fix it, So if I have to get into the code, or make
> > me own container dialog to replace #32770 then I would much apprecitate info
> > on subverting the standard dialog container.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanking you in advance... (And thanking Microsoft for XP - finally an OS to
> > be proud of- shame it has tobe backwards compatible!)
> >
> > Charles.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Computer Nerd that services Grannies
>
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