Form resizing between laptop and desktop

[JCK]

I'm having a problem with my form and controls resizing and repositioning when I move my VB.NET app. from my desktop to a laptop. I've developed the app. on my desktop at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768. When I set my laptop screen resolution to 1024 x 768 to match the desktop, the form and all controls are resized and everything doesn't fit on the screen. For example, the form size is set to 1024 x 768 on the desktop, but resizes to 1308 x 945 on the laptop--but I have no idea why!
I can understand why something like this could happen if the screen resolutions of the two computers were different, but they're not. Obviously I don't want to have to resize and reposition everything whenever I move from the desktop to my laptop.

I know I'm missing something here--this is my first VB.NET project too so I'm a beginner. Anybody have any idea what I need to do to fix this? Any ideas much appreciated.

[hellswraith]

You probably should look at the anchor properties of the controls. This allows the form to be moved around and the controls resize with it.

Just open a new project, put a couple controls on the form, then set up the anchor properties to different settngs to view how they work. Once you get a handle on them, you shouldn't have a problem anymore.

[pax]

Hi.

Perhaps you have system fontsize set to large on the laptop. That could cause the app. to be scaled.

[JCK]

Pax--That solved it! The fontsize on the laptop was set to scale up as the screen resolution increased, which caused my form and controls to scale up also. I set the fontsize to normal and the app. looks just like it does on the desktop. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hellswraith--thanks for the tips about anchoring controls. I've played around with the anchors and this will help when I switch to higher resolutions and resize forms.

Thanks again to both of you!