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Dialog Controls in Ultra High Resolutions

I am having trouble with the spacing and size of dialog controls when using my application in an ultra high resolution environment. I place the controls using the following code in a for loop:

GetClientRect(cRectDimen);
int iHalf = cRectDimen.right / 2;
int iY = cRectDimen.top;
int iX = cRectDimen.left+5;
int iVeryFarRight = cRectDimen.right - 5;
int iFarRight = iHalf - 10;

POINT ptTop,ptBottom;
cStat = new CStatic;
iY += 20;
ptTop.x = iX + 10;
ptTop.y = iY;
ptBottom.x = iX + pDataField->m_csDesc.GetLength() * 10;
ptBottom.y = iY + 15;
cStatRect.SetRect(ptTop,ptBottom);

Yet the ultra high resolution image appears as: Ultra Res

And the high resolution image as: Normal Res

Solution

  • You need to take in account the size of the font.

    CFont* pFont = GetFont();

LOGFONT lf;
pFont->GetLogFont(&lf);

int iFontHeight = lf.lfHeight; // use this + padding to space your controls vertically

    If you want to get more detail on the font, you can use GetTextMetrics().