How do I tell Visual Studio designer the correct title bar height for my compact framework device?

Question

I am working on porting an old Compact Framework program to Intermec's CN51 hardware. I've got a problem in that I can't get visual studio 2008 to understand that the title bar area on this OS is 36 pixels, not 52.

Total screen size is 480x800, and I am able to configure that correctly (Tools -> Options -> Device Tools -> Form Factors). If my form is maximized, everything is fine.

If my form is not maximized, Visual Studio will set the form's Location to 0,52 -- and it's size to 480,748.

At runtime, the form is positioned only 32 pixels from the top of the screen, leaving a 16 pixel gap at the bottom.

Visual studio does not allow me to change the Location of a form. I can change its size, but that would get blown away any time I accidentally hit the maximize property in Visual Studio.

Is there any way to configure the 'Normal' sized window in VS 2008?

Answer 1

Visual Studio 2008 and the WM 6.5.3 DTK behave strange here. The Designer preview is incorrect but the device emulator is correct. When you start a new project, you can select the target platform, but WM6.5.3 is not listed. You have to switch the project later on, but still get a wrong preview. Left (or back) shows VS2008 preview and right shows the emulator.

Possibly we will never get a consistent desginer view for that 'old' DTK.