WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale Property

Gets or sets whether or not DevExpress Skins can be scaled on high-DPI devices.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public static bool AllowDpiScale { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Shared Property AllowDpiScale As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if DevExpress Skins can be scaled on high-DPI devices; otherwise, false.

Remarks

If the AllowDpiScale property equals true, your application becomes DPI-aware and automatically scales its skin settings (margins, indents etc.) according to the current DPI.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-charts-create-a-pie-chart/CS/Series_PieChart/Program.cs#L14

WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware();
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = true;
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

winforms-chart-draw-a-crosshair-cursor/CS/CustomDrawCrosshairCursor/Program.cs#L16

WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware();
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = true;
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

winforms-chart-create-custom-legend-radio-buttons-to-control-visibility-of-a-chart-series/CS/Program.cs#L25

WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware();
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = true;
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series-point/CS/CustomSeriesPointDrawingSample/Program.cs#L13

WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware();
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = true;
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series/CS/CustomDrawingSample/Program.cs#L16

WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware();
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = true;
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

VB.NET

winforms-charts-create-a-pie-chart/VB/Series_PieChart/Program.vb#L14

WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware()
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = True
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True

winforms-chart-draw-a-crosshair-cursor/VB/CustomDrawCrosshairCursor/Program.vb#L15

Call WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware()
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = True
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True

winforms-chart-create-custom-legend-radio-buttons-to-control-visibility-of-a-chart-series/VB/Program.vb#L24

Call WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware()
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = True
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series-point/VB/CustomSeriesPointDrawingSample/Program.vb#L15

Call WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware()
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = True
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series/VB/CustomDrawingSample/Program.vb#L15

Call WindowsFormsSettings.SetDPIAware()
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDpiScale = True
WindowsFormsSettings.AllowAutoScale = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True