From a 96 ppi to a higher DPI to per monitor DPI to per application DPI.

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From a 96 ppi to a higher DPI to per monitor DPI to per application DPI.
Just curious how much would it take...
P.S. Seems per app DPI is already there http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tparks/archive/2013/07/02/tripp-s-tiny-tips-14-per-application-dpi-mode.aspx - for Chrome.

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  1. Ilya SSeptember 17, 2015 at 4:40 AM

    O'kay, let me put some example ;)

    Let you have only one large 24" monitor FullHD or higher. You might want to:
    1) set general Windows DPI to 110% (106dpi), or 125% (120dpi), or 150% (144dpi)
    2) for Delphi IDE you would want to have 100% (96dpi)
    3) some other app to have 150% or 200% (192dpi) irrespectible to general Windows setting
    Solution?

    This is not about just Delphi DPI support in Seattle particularly. This is about different DPI for different apps on a single screen controlled by user. Do you follow? ;)

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  2. David MillingtonSeptember 17, 2015 at 5:02 AM

    Yes, I get it.  As in, have most of the system at 125% but set Delphi to 100% since it doesn't support high-DPI?  (And the same for some other apps, at 100% or 200%.)

    I have no idea how to do that or if it's even possible. It would be a Windows setting (most likely) not an application one.  It's possible there's a manifest that might help... I will wait for others, more knowledgable, to comment :)

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  3. Ilya SSeptember 17, 2015 at 5:22 AM

    David Millington Almost correct, but not because of Delphi or other app doesn't support High DPI, but because you might want to see the app in different DPI than system DPI is.

    For developers with single screen this would help to test app in different DPI without changing current system's setting. For users this really would be awesome!

    I'm already thinking about regions of screen with different DPI. Lets you want left part of the screen in 150% DPI and the right part in 200% :) Just switching sides of the screen changes app appearance at once!

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