Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/06/10/08:12:35
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavel Tsekov [mailto:ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, 10 June 2002 9:37 PM
> To: Robert Collins
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: New setup.exe snapshot 2.249.2.2
>
>
> Hello Robert,
>
> Monday, June 10, 2002, 12:33:15 PM, you wrote:
>
> RC> This snapshot update should fix the crash caused by a
> setup.ini at the
> RC> top of the local cache dir.
>
> It fixes it for me! :)
>
> RC> Please hit on this and report any further errors.
>
> This is not an error though it prevents me effectively from
> working with the
> installer. There is something wrong with the wizard. Till the
> introduction
> of the embedded PickView it was not so disturbing, but now .... The
> control is not entirely visible within the page i.e. it extends beyond
> the right and the bottom boundaries of the property page. This makes
> it impossible to use the scroll bars and I haven't found a way to
> scroll with the keyboard :(
>
> The problem which I experienced before and continue to experince is
> that the installer uses bold fonts for the text of the controls. It
> seems also that the controls themselfs are not designed to fit in the
> pages i.e. most controls extend beyond the right or the bottom of the
> page - as in the chooser case. I don't see the place where this is
> done programmatically in the code so I assume it's either
> windres or my
> WinXP. I tried another installer which performed this bad too - all
> fonts are bold, too large controls - so I assume it is
> actually the WinXP.
> Strange enough, dialog boxes from various applications I've
> checked have
> correct fonts. I have tried to change the font for the
> controls manually
> in the code and it worked fine.
>
> Does anyone experience the same behaviours on their XPs ?
I'm on XPPro, it works fine for me here. You'll need to step into the
sizing logic to see where the wrong metrics are returned, and then I may
be ablet o help. Also a screen dump would be useful.
PS. Followup to cygwin-apps please.
Rob
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