Form.AutoScale Property (System.Windows.Forms)

AutoScale Property

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.NET Framework Class Library

Form..::.AutoScale Property

Note: This API is now obsolete. The non-obsolete alternative is AutoScaleMode.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the form adjusts its size to fit the height of the font used on the form and scales its controls.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic

<ObsoleteAttribute("This property has been deprecated. Use the AutoScaleMode property instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")> _
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public Property AutoScale As Boolean

[ObsoleteAttribute("This property has been deprecated. Use the AutoScaleMode property instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")]
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public bool AutoScale { get; set; }

Visual C++

[ObsoleteAttribute(L"This property has been deprecated. Use the AutoScaleMode property instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")]
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property bool AutoScale {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

[<ObsoleteAttribute("This property has been deprecated. Use the AutoScaleMode property instead.  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202")>]
[<BrowsableAttribute(false)>]
member AutoScale : bool with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if the form will automatically scale itself and its controls based on the current font assigned to the form; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Remarks

Important
This member has been retained for backward compatibility. For more information about automatic scaling, see Automatic Scaling in Windows Forms.

You can use this property to allow your form and its controls to automatically adjust based on changes in the font. This can be useful in applications where the font might increase or decrease based on the language specified for use by Windows.

To obtain the size the form will auto scale to, use the AutoScaleBaseSize property. If you want to determine the size the form will auto scale to based on a specific font, use the GetAutoScaleSize method.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 1.1, 1.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.0 SP2
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0 SP1
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 2.0 SP2

.NET Framework Client Profile

Obsolete (compiler warning) in 4
Obsolete (compiler warning) in 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Form Class

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

Other Resources

Automatic Scaling in Windows Forms