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ISSUE #2038

Form property 1%.ScaleMode is not supported.

Description

In VB6 you could use a scale mode different to pixels to use as the unit for measures and locations in a form. This is not longer supported by .Net.

Recommendations

Use these functions, to convert units to pixels, depending of the scale mode. Unit can be centimeters, millimeters, inches, etc.

• Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.Support.ToPixelsX(value, VB6.ScaleMode.Unit)
• Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.Support.ToPixelsY(value, VB6.ScaleMode.Unit)
• Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.Support.TwipsToPixelsX(value)
• Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.Support.TwipsToPixelsY(value)

Sample VB6

PublicSub SetScaleMode()
     Me.ScaleMode = 1 'Twips
     Me.Width = 10000
EndSub

Target VB.NET

PublicSub SetScaleMode()
     'UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2038) Form property ewi2038.ScaleMode is not supported.
     ScaleMode = 1
     Width = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.VB6.Support.TwipsToPixelsX(100)
EndSub

Target C#

publicvoid SetScaleMode()
{
           //UPGRADE_ISSUE: (2038) Form property ewi2038.ScaleMode is not supported.
           this.ScaleMode = 1; //Twips
           this.Width = (int) VB6.TwipsToPixelsX(10000);
}

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