11-15-2018 11:09 AM
Does anyone know how to configure LabVIEW to not change how the block diagram is displayed when opening code on a monitor with a different resolution? Below are two screen shots of the same code, just opened on different computers. One is a desktop with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1200. The other is a laptop with a resolution of 1920 x 1080, the highest resolution it has. Notice that everything gets shifted on the block diagram when opened on the laptop. This is extremely annoying. I want LabVIEW to leave everything alone. If I have to scroll because of monitor differences fine, I'll do that. Don't rearrange my code to fit in the resolution.
Desktop:
Laptop:
11-15-2018 11:30 AM - edited 11-15-2018 11:42 AM
Hi Mark,
Does anyone know how to configure LabVIEW to not change how the block diagram is displayed when opening code on a monitor with a different resolution? Below are two screen shots of the same code, just opened on different computers.
It's all your fault… 😄
1. Use the same (LabVIEW) font settings on both computers. (15pt vs. 20pt!)
2. Use the same display scaling (Windows screen settings) on both computers!
11-15-2018 11:36 AM
I was going to type what GerdW said basically, but as another note I think this problem may be limited to Windows 7, as I had this problem when I still used 7 but since switching to 10 I can't reproduce it.
11-15-2018 11:49 AM - edited 11-15-2018 11:50 AM
Company IT is very slow to update our version of Windows. We are still on Windows 7.
As for the rest, everything is basically default settings. I hadn't noticed the difference in the font setting but it isn't something that I intentionally set.
11-15-2018 11:56 AM
I would double check the font settings as GerdW mentioned. If things are at default setting, try to explicitly set the font style and size. I've run into similar things in the past and, in my case, it just looks like LabVIEW is moving things around because the font sizes effect how large the containers for bundle/unbundle, control, constant, property nodes, comments, subdiagram labels, etc are which can cause overlaps.
11-15-2018 11:58 AM
Just a guess, but maybe Win10 defaults scaling for different resolutions are "more forgiving".
11-15-2018 01:23 PM
I remember having this exact issue when I first started using Windows 7 (from XP). It was the new system font that caused the issues.
11-15-2018 04:48 PM
system fonts. And also the font size for "scale and layout" when you look at Display Settings.
It is best to add to your LabVIEW .ini file (and do this on all PC's you develop on) the following items:
FPFont="Tahoma" 13
BDFont="Tahoma" 13
AppFont="Tahoma" 13
DialogFont="Tahoma" 13
SystemFont="Tahoma" 13
This should lock the size and style of the fonts for anything that is calling for a "system" font.
I also use the last 3 for any application .ini files when I build an executable.