Declaring Managed Applications As DPI-Aware

To declare your managed application as DPI-aware in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, do the following:

1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on your project (suppose your project is named DPIAware), point to Add, and then click New Item.

2. In the Add New Item – DPIAware dialog box, select Application Manifest File, and then click Add. The app.manifest file appears.

   

3. Copy and paste the following text into the app.manifest file and then save.

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   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3" >
     <asmv3:application>
       <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">
         <dpiAware>true</dpiAware>
       </asmv3:windowsSettings>
     </asmv3:application>
   </assembly>
   		
   

4. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the DPIAware project, and then click Properties to verify that the app.manifest is used.

   

5. Your application is now DPI-aware.

For information on how to make your Win32 applications DPI-aware, see Writing High-DPI Win32 Applications.

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