Text Rendering in LabVIEW

[mcduff]

Sorry, I should have tested the AI generated file first before posting it. I used the one below last night.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
  <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <windowsSettings>
      <!-- Step 1: Force the app to look DPI Unaware so Windows steps in -->
      <dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">false</dpiAware>
      <dpiAwareness xmlns="http://microsoft.com">unaware</dpiAwareness>
      
      <!-- Step 2: Instruct Windows to apply enhanced GDI vector scaling -->
      <gdiScaling xmlns="http://microsoft.com">true</gdiScaling>
    </windowsSettings>
  </application>
</assembly>

 It did work for my application. 

[FlatCat]

These manifest files work in that the app builds and runs, but they are not doing exactly what the Compatibility setting does for the appearance of the text. 

[mcduff]

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@FlatCat wrote:

Yes! This one and the one from thols seem to be working. The app builds, runs properly, and the text looks better. 

i just hope it's ok to delete the many tags in the default manifest that LV makes. 

Thanks so much to everyone. 

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I think those other tags may be important if you want to run as admin, if there is a specific version of a library you want to use, or enforcing Windows version requirements. Otherwise, it probably just uses the defaults which are okay for 90% of the things.

Don't know if you can download it or it is part of VIsual Studio, but Mage.exe and MageUI.exe allow you to modify, create manifest files

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

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@mcduff wrote:

Sorry, I should have tested the AI generated file first before posting it. I used the one below last night.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
  <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <windowsSettings>
      <!-- Step 1: Force the app to look DPI Unaware so Windows steps in -->
      <dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">false</dpiAware>
      <dpiAwareness xmlns="http://microsoft.com">unaware</dpiAwareness>
      
      <!-- Step 2: Instruct Windows to apply enhanced GDI vector scaling -->
      <gdiScaling xmlns="http://microsoft.com">true</gdiScaling>
    </windowsSettings>
  </application>
</assembly>

 It did work for my application. 

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Yes, it is clear visual difference when enabled or not:

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

on the other hand you must be extremely careful with gdiScaling, because of this:

Clockwise or counterclockwise aligned text is obviously wrong scaled.