[RESOLVED] Controls disappearing on different resolutions

[chemicalNova]

Hi all,

I've built an application which I originally had planned to distribute across a number of computers.

However, on one of my forms, a combobox disappears when the application is run on a smaller resolution to my development PC.

The positioning of the combobox, for testing purposes, is like so:

comboBox1.Left = label3.Left + label3.Width; 

This works fine on my development PC, however on a distrobution PC it is nowhere to be seen!

Tell me theres something blatently obvious that I am overlooking..

Regards,

chem

[chemicalNova]

I have resolved this issue.. but its quite strange.

I used the Width and Height of each objects ClientRectangle to calculate the position. I also call the .BringToFront method on the combobox to show it properly.

Why does this need to happen on different resolutions? It seems strange.

Oh well, I will mark the thread resolved. Thanks anyway guys/gals!

chem

[jmcilhinney]

First up, this:

comboBox1.Left = label3.Left + label3.Width;

would be better as:

comboBox1.Left = label3.Right;

As for the issue, have you considered a TableLayoutPanel or FlowLayoutPanel. They may or may not be appropriate, depending on your layout.