Windows forms, controls look strange

[Guest]

Hi all,
The windows application that is developed on my laptop has different look
when is installed on another machine. Forms and controls look weird (size,
location). I tried to change resolution, but it didn't help. I know this is a
configuration issue, but don't have any idea how to investigate.
Any suggestions is welcomed.
Roy

 

[Mitchell Vincent]

Hi all,
The windows application that is developed on my laptop has different look
when is installed on another machine. Forms and controls look weird (size,
location). I tried to change resolution, but it didn't help. I know this is a
configuration issue, but don't have any idea how to investigate.
Any suggestions is welcomed.
Roy

Does the laptop have any "theme" applied? I ran into the same thing with
one of my products - turns out the user had installed some alternate
theme that tried to skin every application window..

 

[Guest]

Mitchell, what do you mean by "theme"?

Does the laptop have any "theme" applied? I ran into the same thing with
one of my products - turns out the user had installed some alternate
theme that tried to skin every application window..

 

[Mitchell Vincent]

Mitchell, what do you mean by "theme"?

Start Button -> Control Panel -> Display

Look at the first tab labeled themes..

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

The windows application that is developed on my laptop has different look
when is installed on another machine. Forms and controls look weird (size,
location).

Maybe the laptop is running with large fonts (120 DPI) instead of normal
fonts (90 DPI). You can control whether or not your form is automatically
scaled by setting its 'AutoScale' property accordingly.