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GUI sample of high DPI screen using PowerShell

Time：06-03

Do you know the sample code of the GUI screen for high DPI implemented by PowerShell in the official information of Microsoft? I couldn't find it and created the sample code myself. But I don't think this is enough. I want to make smarter coding.

mysample codes

For example, one of the sample codes is here (Based on the sample code of the custom input box Creating a Custom Input Box) :

#this sample is Based on is microsoft sample thit is Creating a Custom Input Box
#URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/samples/creating-a-custom-input-box?view=powershell-7.2

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing

$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$form.Text = 'Data Entry Form'
$form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200)
$form.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen'

#For High DPI, We Set AutoScaleDimensions and AutoScaleMode
#The reason SizeF is set to 96 is that the standard Windows resolution for the display is 96.
#Maybe you shuld try that All object resets Drawing.Point And Drawing.Size
#In some cases, review the Drawing.Point and Drawing.Size of all objects, depending on the resolution of your display.
$form.AutoScaleDimensions =  New-Object System.Drawing.SizeF(96, 96)
$form.AutoScaleMode  = [System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode]::Dpi

$okButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$okButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(75,220)
$okButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,50)
$okButton.Text = 'OK'
$okButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK
$form.AcceptButton = $okButton
$form.Controls.Add($okButton)

$cancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$cancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(150,220)
$cancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(200,50)
$cancelButton.Text = 'Cancel'
$cancelButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Cancel
$form.CancelButton = $cancelButton
$form.Controls.Add($cancelButton)

$label = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$label.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,20)
$label.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(800,40)
$label.Text = 'Please enter the information in the space below:'
$form.Controls.Add($label)

$textBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$textBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,100)
$textBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(800,20)
#For High DPI, We Set Font Size
#In Japanese, "Yu Gothic UI" is the best font type. However, this font is for Japan only. Therefore, the default font definition is undefined.
#$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Yu Gothic UI",45,([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular),[System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Pixel)
$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("",45,([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular),[System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Pixel)
$textBox.Font =  $Font 

$form.Controls.Add($textBox)

$form.Topmost = $true

$form.Add_Shown({$textBox.Select()})
$result = $form.ShowDialog()

if ($result -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK)
{
    $x = $textBox.Text
    $x
}

my custom points

  • Set AutoScaleDimensions and AutoScaleMode
#For High DPI, We Set AutoScaleDimensions and AutoScaleMode
#The reason SizeF is set to 96 is that the standard Windows resolution for the display is 96.
#Maybe you shuld try that All object resets Drawing.Point And Drawing.Size
#In some cases, review the Drawing.Point and Drawing.Size of all objects, depending on the resolution of your display.
$form.AutoScaleDimensions =  New-Object System.Drawing.SizeF(96, 96)
$form.AutoScaleMode  = [System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode]::Dpi
  • Set Font Size for Some parts (ex:textbox)
#For High DPI, We Set Font Size for 
([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular),[System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Pixel)
$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("",45,([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular),
$textBox.Font =  $Font
  • Trial and error (resetting Drawing.Point and Drawing.Size for all objects)

Points to improve

I don't want to reset Drawing.Point and Drawing.Size. I want to use the same value for all display types.

Link

Regards

CodePudding user response：

This is what I have found working in my last PowerShell GUI. At the start of your script call SetProcessDPIAware() to tell the OS that your GUI is DPI-aware and it doesn't try to scale it on its own which results in blurry text. This is a native API, so you need P/Invoke:

Add-Type -TypeDefinition @'
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class ProcessDPI {
    [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
    public static extern bool SetProcessDPIAware();      
}
'@
$null = [ProcessDPI]::SetProcessDPIAware()

After that enable visual styles (propably unrelated to DPI scaling, lets your GUI look more modern):

[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()

To have [System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode]::Dpi work, call $form.SuspendLayout() immediately after creating the form and $form.ResumeLayout() when you have created and positioned all controls. This is important so that all controls will be positioned and sized with correct scaling according to DPI.

Call SuspendLayout() set $form.AutoScaleDimensions and $form.AutoScaleMode before changing form size. Maybe the order isn't important, but in my code it works this way.

Instead of setting $form.Size which is the outer form size, set $form.ClientSize so you don't need to know frame and caption size, which depends on OS version and user style settings.

$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form

# Very important to correctly size and position all controls!
$form.SuspendLayout()

$form.AutoScaleDimensions =  New-Object System.Drawing.SizeF(96, 96)
$form.AutoScaleMode  = [System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode]::Dpi

$form.Text = 'Data Entry Form'
$form.ClientSize = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200)
$form.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen'

$okButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$okButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(75,220)
$okButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,50)
$okButton.Text = 'OK'
$okButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK
$form.AcceptButton = $okButton
$form.Controls.Add($okButton)

$cancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$cancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(150,220)
$cancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(200,50)
$cancelButton.Text = 'Cancel'
$cancelButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Cancel
$form.CancelButton = $cancelButton
$form.Controls.Add($cancelButton)

# Very important to correctly size and position all controls!
$form.ResumeLayout()

CodePudding user response：

Thank you for your answer. I tryed to remake a sample code I don't need to know frame and caption size, which depends on OS version and user style settings!

Recreated sample code

#this sample is Based on is microsoft sample thit is Creating a Custom Input Box
#URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/samples/creating-a-custom-input-box?view=powershell-7.2

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing

#--- For High DPI, Call SetProcessDPIAware(need P/Invoke) and EnableVisualStyles ---
Add-Type -TypeDefinition @'
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class ProcessDPI {
    [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
    public static extern bool SetProcessDPIAware();      
}
'@
$null = [ProcessDPI]::SetProcessDPIAware()
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles()


$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form

#--- For High DPI, First Call SuspendLayout(),After that, Set AutoScaleDimensions, AutoScaleMode ---
# SuspendLayout() is Very important to correctly size and position all controls!
$form.SuspendLayout()
$form.AutoScaleDimensions =  New-Object System.Drawing.SizeF(96, 96)
$form.AutoScaleMode  = [System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode]::Dpi

$form.Text = 'Data Entry Form'
$form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200)
$form.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen'

$okButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$okButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(75,120)
$okButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$okButton.Text = 'OK'
$okButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK
$form.AcceptButton = $okButton
$form.Controls.Add($okButton)

$cancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$cancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(150,120)
$cancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$cancelButton.Text = 'Cancel'
$cancelButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Cancel
$form.CancelButton = $cancelButton
$form.Controls.Add($cancelButton)

$label = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$label.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,20)
$label.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$label.Text = 'Please enter the information in the space below:'
$form.Controls.Add($label)

$textBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$textBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,40)
$textBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20)
#For High DPI, Set Font Size 
#In Japanese, "Yu Gothic UI" is the best font type. However, this font is for Japan only. Therefore, the default font definition is undefined.
#$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Yu Gothic UI",45,([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular),[System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Pixel)
$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("",45,([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular),[System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Pixel)
$textBox.Font =  $Font 

$form.Controls.Add($textBox)

$form.Topmost = $true

$form.Add_Shown({$textBox.Select()})

#--- For High DPI, Finally, Call ResumeLayout(),before ShowDialog() ---
# ResumeLayout() is Very important to correctly size and position all controls!
$form.ResumeLayout()

$result = $form.ShowDialog()

if ($result -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK)
{
    $x = $textBox.Text
    $x
}

However, this sample code is customized to increase the font size of the textbox to solve the phenomenon that the textbox object becomes very thin.

#For High DPI, Set Font Size 
#In Japanese, "Yu Gothic UI" is the best font type. However, this font is for Japan only. Therefore, the default font definition is undefined.
#$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Yu Gothic UI",45,([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular),[System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Pixel)
$Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("",45,([System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular),[System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit]::Pixel)

object

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