AboutSyed Rizwan Muhammad Rizvi Expertise I can answers questions regarding web based and desktop based programming in VB.Net. Which can include SOAP, XML, Custom Controls, COM Interoperability etc.
Experience Have been working in this specific area for last 2 years previously I was a VB 6 Developer with experties in other languages as well. Total 10 years of programming experience.
Question This is not a home work question. I'm a 38 year old developer and an Expert myself. If you don't know the answer, just say so and I'll still rate you high.
Can you tell me a way to override the restriction the VS IDE puts on form size? It seems when you are designing a form that you can not make the size of the form any larger than your current screen resolution. This causes a problem in that I am trying to develop a form that will run on 1280X1024 as a minimum. This will be the minimum size of the form and I will have controls that will use all the space available at this size. However, my monitor on my dev machine is a widescreen set to 1440X900 so I am limited on the 900 side. I want to force the form size to 1280x1024 so I can place my controls at design time.
Answer First of all, I dont know when I ever said that your question is a home work question. If my memory is serving me right then atleast to not this kind of a question.
Secondly, I dont care about ratings, well yes I do, but not that much :).
Thirdly, going back to the question. I dont understand that if you do have a higher resolution then how come you cant get it down to the resolution that you need by changing your desktop settings. More often than not, the restriction on pixels on any one axis is due either due to mathematical restrictions or unavilability of RAM/Video-RAM. Though the synopsis is not a concern here, but may be it might help you better in deciding.
If I am thinking correctly then you should be able to achieve 1280x900 easily ?
I would have a work around for your dev. machine, which is to set form's autoscroll property to true, this would giv e you a scroll bar even at design time when your control exceeds the form visible are and you would be able to work properly. on a higher resolution the scroll won't be visible ofcourse.
